How do you determine who pays what utilities? Do you find it to be a unique value proposition to offer fixed utilities like internet or trash as part of the rent?

I am interested in buying a 4-unit property in my area.  The rents are/should be around $1,150, $725, $725 and $500....the property is currently vacant and has been for over a year.  Owner pays all expenses and utilit...

Hello Spokane Investors, Landlords, Property Managers, etc!!As we've been analyzing deals in Spokane, we're routinely coming up with low and negative cash-flow analysis. A big part of it seems to be the UBER high util...

We just closed on our first rental property-yay!

One of the costs we hadn’t considered was the cost for notarizing all the documents- it came in at just over $300, which isn’t a ton- but more than I’d like to spend ...

Hello BP members,I've moved into one of the units of my Triplex and it has a mixture of electric and gas heating.  My father in law recommended that I get a freestanding vented gas fireplace to heat the 800 sf unit, w...

I bought my parents house from them a while back for well under what it appraised for.  The result, I now have a Heloc for a little over $80K.  Since buying their place (they still live there) my wife and I have acqui...

I was listening in on a podcast with bigger pockets, and I heard them discussing airbnb arbitrage as a sort of stepping stone into real estate investing. My mind was blown! I'm obviously new to the game and late to th...

Hey All - I have 2nd home in Florida going to convert it into an airbnb.  Even though it's in my personal name and not under an LLC can I still get the benefits o write-offs etc as I start to make upgrades and by new ...

Utilities in my investment market are a giant pain. I call for revert-to-owner, they mess it up, the tenant turns off utilities and then it doesn't revert. Do management companies typically handle the utility companie...

Hello BiggerPockets community! I love this group and I’ve learned a ton from the bigger pockets podcast. I wanted to use this post to try to network with doctors interested in real estate. I’m an orthopedic surgeon an...