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Over 6,000 posts and A LOT of podcasts later people still do not know how to find a GREAT contractors.Raise your hand if you want one!There is no need for a lengthy post short and sweet makes it happen.I am a contract...
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Tenant Screening Standards:
- No previous eviction
- 3x income to rent
- Clean background
- Good references
Hi Everyone,
On biggerpockets these 4 standards for the tenant screening process have been repeated time an...
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Hi all-I just wanted to run a problem that my partner and I are running into during a double duplex purchase. Properties are in Central Florida.We recently went under contract for a pair of duplexes off the MLS, and ...
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Just looking to find out who's charging fees for rental apps, and what you're charging? Have you had any push back from a tenant who was denied?
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Has anyone been successful at finishing a basement and turning it into a legal or illegal apartment to rent out as extra income?
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Hello, my name is Reid Balmelli and I live in an area south of Olympia, WA. I've recently been learning about real estate and would still consider myself very new. I took an interest in wholesaling as a way to start m...
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I'm really glad to see local sub-forums and wanted to kick off the discussion here. Hopefully some keyword alerts for Boston, MA and Cambridge, MA draw folks in.I'm a new investor based in Cambridge. My wife and I wan...
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Some Perspective... 0.15%
That's the percent of American people who have Covid-19 at the time of this writing. NOT even 1% of the total population.
Suppose the disease were to quadruple before this is over, that w...
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I live out of state and she has been managing my 3 investments for several years. Even when they are fully rented, I rarely show any positive cash flow, rather I just stay afloat after mortgages are paid! I feel like ...
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I don't want to debate if the 50% rule in this thread. I want to talk about the assumptions and categories to see how a landlord can be a lowest cost producer/efficient entrepreneurs.
I know it varies from state t...