Ivan Melendez
What’s my next step?
I just reached a HUGE milestone and I am debt free!!! Now my next step is to have a 6 month of emergency fund. Which is where my question starts. Should I invest in a Roth IRA ($500/ month) and save for 6 months of a...
Michael Sellers
Property Management After-Hours
I manage roughly 20-30 rental units in/around Boston, MA for a local investing company. I typically handle tenant maintenance requests and other general communication with the tenants by either answering them directly...
Jim Adrian
Bedroom Egress Windows Requirements 101
From time to time the topic of second exit out of a bedroom comes up and people want to know what is required. Here are the code requirements for the window. You will need to verify what code edition your local jur...
Howard Greisman
Maintenance phone answering services
Hi, does anyone have any experiences good or bad with maintenance phone answering services? Does anyone have a recommendation on a service. Soon I will be taking over property maintenance on about 7 properties. I'...
Kyle Kline
Personal Funds vs. HELOC to Fund a Property
Hello,My question is how to decide which source of funds to use for which part of the investing process. If I have saved roughly $15-20K of my own money and have about $60K in a HELOC, which should I use first? Should...
Alan Mills
Basement Egress Options
I have a single family property and would like to rehab it into a duplex via adding a downstairs apartment. There are currently two stairways entering into the downstairs from outside (there are no inside connecting s...
Sam Leon
Landlord/PM response time to an issue
I am curious, fellow landlords or PM, what is your response time to a tenant complaint?I know it's not cut and dry, and definitely depends on the nature of the problems.I would think a water line break or sewage backu...
Allison Barker
Answering Service Recommendations?
I am looking for 24hr answering service, mostly for after hours maintenance calls. I want to be sure that an emergency is dealt with right away and a non-emergency is handled appropriately.I'm looking at Answer First,...
Nilusha Jayasinghe
Property reserves and personal efund locations
Hey all, I'm a smalltime investor currently living in a flat of a Chicago 2-flat while renting the other out, and also have a SFH rental in OH. I'm not looking to scale anytime soon. I have my personal emergency fund ...
Justin Giroux
Cozy Maintenance Requests
I'm using Cozy as my property management software. I'm thinking about using their maintenance feature. I'm wondering if anyone uses this exclusively or if you have a policy for standard vs emergency issues?I'm conside...