Daren H.
I want to invest in RE. My wife wants a new primary residence.
Before anyone gets the wrong idea, let me just say my wife is a wonderful, low maintenance, and supportive woman. For a couple of years, she pushed me to look into real estate investing (buy and hold) but I blew it...
Daniel Moscoso
My flip/rehab is taking too long to sell! Help!!
Hi all! My house at 11847 Burning Bend in San Antonio TX is taking a bit longer than expected to sell! We are getting close to 6 months since acquisition. Bought with a hard money lender.Our exit strategies are as fol...
Jonathan Beemer
Can you make the tenants pay?
Hi BP!
So I have seen so many people discuss the fact that as a landlord you have to pay for your units if the something breaks.
You get a call in the middle of the night and you have to get it fixed.
That sounds m...
J. Martin
Another master lease signed this afternoon: A lesson in solving others’ problems – IN FLIP FLOPS - + My Mistake
In the last 24 hours, I took a headache off a busy man’s (dad’s) hands, am hooking up an international student with a baby w/ new furniture, baby stuff, and a place to live, and borrowed 5yr funds supported by the cas...
Stephen Dispensa
Adventures in Property Management in Tampa
For some of you who have followed my previous posts and have reached out to me, you’ll know that I made a decision a few years ago during the height of the pandemic to change strategies from house flipping with invest...
Paul Guarino
Advice on raising rent for a tenant that is far below market rent
Background:I have a tenant that moved into my condo in July 2017 (so just over 5 years) at $1,395/mo rent. She is currently on a month-to-month lease, and she is a great tenant.
On 3/1/2022 I raised her rent for the ...
Ken Latchers
I have seen the future and it is not STR (for the most part).
There is something called an efficient market (well known in stocks and commodities). That is where there is no easy money to be made, as everything is priced so no one has an advantage.
Then there is the mania. Fo...
John Warren
Adding amenities in a C class apartment
Hi Fellow Apartment Investors,I am currently under contract on a 36 unit apartment complex in Springfield, IL. The property is a class C property, but it is 2.1 miles from the University of Illinois Springfield. The U...
David Sisson
10K SF commercial, maybe mixed use building East Providence RI
About 3 months ago I purchased a commercial building in East Providence RI. This is about a 3500 SF footprint, on 3 levels, including the basement. The intention of this property is to move my architecture firm into &...
Alicia Marks
Talk to me about old house remodels
I typically do smaller, older pier and beam remodels, but I may have an opportunity to flip a well preserved home. The 12ft ceilings, wood details, dental mouldings are all still intact. There was some damage to a 196...