Andy W.
Do potential tenants balk at screening costs?
I'm preparing to show an apartment to several potential tenants tonight and I'd like to run credit/background checks on anyone who applies.From the services I've explored, it seems your average suite of reports comes ...
Bao Nguyen
beware: landlord insurance policies do not cover theft/vandalism
I got a call from my tenant yesterday that the bay window in our rental unit has been smashed in by vandalism. I submitted a claim to Allstate, and the promptly called me to today to let me know that my landlord's po...
Bryce Betley
Those "I buy houses cash" signs...
We have all seen those "I buy houses for cash" signs. Do any of you have experience with them? How have they worked?I began to think that it might be better to create a company name so that when people are ready to se...
Erik Lindquist
Over priced market
I am living in a market (Marin county cali) where everything is going for well over asking, some of them 200k over! I am a newbie and it does not make sense to even start here when everything is over priced. There are...
Luke Moore
Cedar Falls Iowa Assisted Living
I am going to share my journey building my 16 bedroom assisted living property in Iowa. This will be my first time going into assisted living care. It took me a long time to get this deal done approximately 1.5 year...
Sonny Ngo
I'd be happy to share my real estate experience with new investors.
Any questions from new investors? I'd love to answer all your questions.
Joel F.
Apartment Building Dominican Republic
We currently own several rental properties in Florida (Miami, Jacksonville, and Tampa). We are looking to refi a few of our properties and to invest in building and operating an apartment building in the Dominican Rep...
Jenessa NeSmith
Every STRs worst nightmare...need advice on what to do!
I want to preface this by saying we've been Airbnb hosts for almost 2 years, and this is the first time we have had a huge problem like this. For the past two nights we have had people staying in our basement which i...
Marc Allen
Illinois Property Taxes
Hi All,I'm curious how people are continuing to justify buy-and-hold investments in Illinois suburbs with the current state of property taxes. I've got my eye one pretty inexpensive property which is listed at $80K, w...
Bryan M.
3 family analysis
Hi Everyone, This is my first post so we will see how it goes. I would like some thought and analysis of a deal I am looking at. The property is a 3 family in a mid size city in Ma. The seller is offering financing ...