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Background
I am not a Professional Real Estate (yet) as I am working as a full-time engineer, and I don’t meet 750 hours of services during the tax year in real property trades or businesses in which I participated. ...
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Houseshare/roommate setting.
Had one person want to bring their 60 pound dog. Said it was house-trained, not kennel-trained. Young tenant, probably 20 or 21 years old. Friendly breed of dog. Would you rent to that si...
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I am doing a rehab an older house that will be a rental when it is finished and I was wondering, has anyone put an instant water heater in a rental? I have had the electrical upgraded and added a second bathroom to ma...
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Hey BiggerPockets, Didn't think I'd find myself in this situation. We've been working with a mortgage lender the last few weeks and have already signed the closing disclosure on a $170K investment townhome. Our closin...
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Tenant Communication
09/05/2014
Debra called Trisha
Debra stated that there is mold on the inside of the toilet bowl and
sink bowl by the drain. As well as, a small amount o...
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People are saying that declining home, stock, 401(k), etc values is a destruction of wealth. But I don't believe it and have been arguing that wealth is not destroyed until there is material destruction (i.e. a house ...
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Friday off let me I troduce myself and say hello. I'm new to the board and from a sw suburb of Chicago. My wife and I recently built a new home and were fortunate to rent our first home and keep it. I've always lov...
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hey guys,I just purchased the book rich dad poor dad and started the first 50 pages and decided to do a little investigating about the credibility. My question, why do so many people back the book if there is so much ...
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Looking at a few multi-properties in C-Class areas. Are there any success stories out there with these type of properties? Would love to hear them. Thanks!!
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Hey, just checking in with my fellow real estate investors! If your Accountant has not done an Engineering-based Cost Segregation study on your investment property rentals, you may want to look into having one done. I...