Seth Hensinger
Car Expenses Inhibiting Start
I have an old '98 Ford Escort that's just getting to the point that everything's going any time now. I could drop a bunch of money into that whole and watch it fly away, or get a new car. I decided on getting a new ca...
Michelle R.
Tenant exclusives in a shopping center
We have a 52,000 sq ft shopping center with retail and medical on the first floor, and second floor has professional and medical tenants. We have a chiropractor tenant upstairs who has been in the center over 20 years...
Chris Milosevich
Should I use a Public Adjuster? My roofer thinks so.
A roofer is asking me to hire a Public Adjuster (PA) to negotiate a hail claim with my insurance company. The roofer sent me a 1/2 page contract that would let the PA work on my behalf for $225/hour with no cap. I'l...
Dawn Anastasi
Most dangerous neighborhoods in America
Just read an article on this and thought it would be interesting to share. 1. North and Northeast Auburn Gresham (Chicago IL)Zip code 606202. Washington Park (Chicago IL)Zip code 606373. Northeast of East Atherton an...
Clint Harris
Short Term Rental Arbitrage analysis discussion
Short Term Rental Arbitrage analysis
This topic keeps coming up recently recently and I feel like a broken record, so thought I would post about it and share how I run an analysis on a potential arbitrage deal, and h...
Amiris Brown
Cost of bullet proofing a house?
So, there's this house that has been deeply discounted about $100,000 off its original listing price. Just last month there were 3 armed robberies next door to that house on a street with businesses. There have been m...
Blake Morgan
Opportunity to inherit two apartment buildings
Hi everyone I'll try to be brief and give the pertinent details. I'm being given the option to take over two apartment buildings from my dad. He is thinking about selling the buildings for around 1.6 mil but will give...
Craig Miller
Tree removal/driveway repair, worth it for rental or future sale?
Hello - first post here. A little background - I just purchased my first property in the Cleveland area, a duplex, and am renting one unit out and living in the other. I will (most likely in ~2 yrs) be relocated with...
Rich Weese
Have you ever seen money oozing from everywhere?
If not, then you probably have not visited Dubai. Wifey and I returned a week ago from a land tour and cruise in the Arabian Sea. We visited several locations in Oman and two of the seven emirates in the united Arab e...
Joshua Stein
What makes a good property manager (PM)? What makes a bad one?
I'm one year into having a property manager take over one of our properties, it's mainly great because that income is now (almost) truly passive - probably requires less than 1 hr of time each month.However, my PM see...