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Account Closed Credit/Background/Evictions Checks Galore + 3X Rent Rule.. Yet EVICTIONS SURGE IN USA
4 May 2015 | 8 replies

I highly doubt credit and background checks are outdated, for if anything, they are continuously competitive and streamlined hot tool commodities.Perhaps the 3X Rent = Minimum Monthly Salary qualifier is outdated?Firs...

Matthew Olszak Don't Compromise Your Screening Because of COVID
22 April 2020 | 8 replies

Managing a small portfolio of lower class C properties, I've experienced applicants lying about just about everything to try to slide their way into an apartment. From putting family/friends phone #'s as landlord/job ...

Mary Jay Taxes during retirement
21 March 2023 | 8 replies

How to figure out what tax bracket you’ll be in during retirement? For example, let’s say a single person makes a 100K per year on W-2 right now working for a corporate world.  It’s taxed at about 25-30 percent, right...

Brett Chaponot Do I qualify for a 1031?
11 November 2016 | 7 replies

So I have a property in Denver, Colorado but I now live in Sacramento, California. I bought the property in 2014 as a primary residence but it has been a rental property since 2015. I lived in it for about 14 months b...

Patrick Saco What restrictions does a Realtor License impose on an Investor?
20 September 2012 | 5 replies

Absorbing every bit of info possible on REI. The two main strategies I will use are wholesaling & lease options/options.

I want to know whether or not a Realtor License would be beneficial to those strategies or...

Richard Z. How to reduce self employment tax for flipping project with partners?
15 January 2013 | 5 replies

It’s been a while didn’t come and post here.:-) hope everyone has a wonderful 2013!

I did a project in 2012 with other two partners (one active on passive no salary for both). By the end of the project I took a small...

Josef Bryan Gerster Shipping Container Airbnb....Good Investment?
21 September 2022 | 10 replies

My business partner and myself are about to purchase some land and place a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom shipping container home on it in the North GA mountains. Its a 40ft container on the main floor and a 20ft container on ...

Jeff Bagamaspad Cosigning for Parents or my first rental property?
10 August 2020 | 2 replies

Hi all,
I apologize if I didn't post in the right forum.
Parents are in a pickle.  In a Ch 13 which will be discharged upon close of escrow, leaving them with only $70K.  Dad's score is around 590.  Dad is 72 and mo...

Agi Anderson Foreclosure Reality ... The picture is worth a 1000 words
19 April 2016 | 8 replies

I posted the following on my social networks today and it's been blowing up. The Florida foreclosure market, as well as other markets, I am sure, is being orchestrated mainly by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They are wi...

Thomas O'Donnell No Pet Policy & Service Animals
13 January 2023 | 4 replies

I was messaged by someone interested in renting my duplex. Not only are they looking to move in “immediately” (red flag) but they also stated they have a service dog and another small dog. My listing and lease both sa...