Bryan Hancock
At What Point Does Someone Become Rich?
We have a progressive tax system in this country that supposedly taxes the "rich" more than common folks. I was wondering at what point someone magically becomes rich and should shoulder the burden of carrying others...
Ben McMahon
Is this the end of the Traditional Real Estate Agent Era?
For years now, we have all known that a good portion of the traditional real estate agents job is unnecessary. This is a heated topic for a lot of people particularly if you are an agent. The best argument for the t...
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A baltimore city landlords thoughts (not mine)
Written by a baltimore city landlord recently....perhaps the funniest thing I've ever read.
Thanks Mary Jo, you raise a wise point. To Chris, Heather and everyone else who was asking about how these turned out, par...
Diane G.
For those of you dont believe downturn is here
For those of you don't believe that we ALREADY turned the corner, here is ONE OF several listing that I ran into that are listed below that 2015/2016 purchase price...In San Francisco....A location....Removed by moder...
Nathan Gesner
Small Landlords are choosing to sell
More Landlords are choosing to sell, and I can't blame them.https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/2...
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Strategy for dealing with dues owed to an aggressive HOA?
Hello,I'm a new member of the forum, and I do have an issue with my HOA that I'd like to discuss. In this situation, I'm a homeowner, and I currently owe several years of HOA dues to the association. For various reaso...
Chuck B.
How do you "harden" your rentals?
Dear Pocketers,
How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?
While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...
Matthew Fullam
Tenant Using Rental Property as Full Time AirBnB
BP,I was just informed through a neighbor that my tenant has been renting out my property on AirBnB without my knowledge since the first day of his lease. My lease clearly states there is no subletting allowed, howev...
Faisal Sami
Experienced Out of Town Landlord vs. Property Manager. Who wins?
Who would have more BOTTOM LINE PROFIT at end of the month?Experienced Out of town landlord vs. "turn key" Property manager ?Assumptions1. Each has EXACT same hypothetical properties to manage2. Properties are in "C" ...
Joshua Dorkin
Stop Paying the Mortgage and Get Bailed Out Too!
Lets see how much thought is going to go into this housing / bank bailout . . . frankly, I'm starting to think that the move to make is to stop paying the mortgage so I can:
a) Get "bailed out"
b) Renegotiate my loa...