Joe Paul
Rent by the room as a couple
As a support to house hacking, my wife and I are considering renting by the room (no kids, two dogs). Right now our market supports this strategy and gives us a more skin in the real estate game versus chasing down MF...
B R
How to write lease for unmarried couples?
85% of the showings of our 4br SFH have been to unmarried couples, where the male makes most of the income.
How do you treat this situation in your leases? Do they both need to earn 3X the rent in income in order ...
Jim Bryant
Couple breaking up, both on the lease
I have a couple renting one of my units. They are both on the lease and have been together for years but are now breaking up. The female wants the guy to leave and to be kicked off the lease (the lease is now month ...
Dan Collier
Beginner couple looking for an accountant recommendations
My wife and I had a busy 2021. We moved to a new primary and I refi-ed my starter home for the down payment and had some left over so got a beach condo STR. And last but not least, we also got married and had a baby...
Catharine Christof
Couple from Los Angeles new to RE!
Hello everyone! This is Sayler. My soon-to-be wife Catharine recently signed up for Bigger Pockets. We are both very interested in having real estate as our primary source of income. I currently own a vacation rental ...
Alma Mills
Additional funding options for equity rich couple
My parents are retired and own 2 properties in culver city CA, in west los angeles area. One is a single family appraised at 1.3 million the other a duplex that was valued at around 1.1 million. They put a 1st mortga...
John D.
Renting to couple not meeting income criteria
I'm renting a property for $1600. A couple wants to rent; but the woman has income of $19k while the man is attending college full time to get Physical therapy certification so no income. They have 10k savings. Mother...
Patrick Idowu
Tenant couples requested rider agreement to lease.
Hi all, I have a tenant couple who moved in 4 months ago. They are requesting an addendum to their current lease because their relationship has changed. They were supposed to pay the rent jointly, as stated in the lea...
Catherine Call
Can Married Couples Have 2 Primary Residences?
This might be a Utah/Nevada specific question, but if you have experience with this I'd love to hear it!My husband and I own a home in Nevada and would like to buy a second home in Utah, three hours away, to rent to c...
Leslie Crosten
Cost of tearing down a couple walls?
Hello! I am under contract on an over/under duplex- the downstairs is 4 bedrooms with only 1 (large) bathroom and smaller kitchen area. You can tell it was a SFH turned duplex, and it is very nicely maintained with gr...