Paul Sandhu
Ever get hate messages about your STRs?
This following is the 2nd full paragraph of my daily Craigslist ad. What is in italics afterwards is a response someone sent me."If a motel room is your standard of living, you are pathetic. I'd rather not rent a hou...
Jean Bolger
Tax and estate issue: the trust that wasn't...
This is a personal issue, not an issue with an investment of mine, but it involves rental real estate so I thought I'd ask for input from the community experts.
Several years ago my family went to a lawyer ...
Curtis H.
I have 3 days to Furnish a STR. What would you do?
Hey all, So I am closing on a home today in Atlanta that I plan to stay in for a few weeks out of the year on and off, and rent it out to business travelers via short term leases, Airbnb, etc when I'm home in CA. Next...
Gabe G.
Reasonable time for repair/replace oven?
Tenant called on saturday afternoon, indicating there was an issue with the oven and is not working.I called some appliance repair companies on saturday, but of course most aren't working and returned my call on Monda...
Seemant Nakra
Question to all self managing rental property owners
Question to all my fellow rental property owners who self manage. Why do you self manage Instead of finding a professional property management company? A- FeesB- ServiceC- Trust Please be descriptive if possible so I ...
Michael Andrews
Help assessing a deal with the 1% rule
I've been looking for my first multifamily property and I found a fourplex that just popped up on the MLS at $330,000 getting a net rental income of $2500. Looking at the 1% rule the price is way over the rental inco...
Michael Clevenger
Appraisal fell short
Trying to wrap up my first flip. I've learned a lot throughout the process. My latest lesson regarding the appraisal. Turned the house into a beauty. But now my asking price is 30k higher than the appraisal! The buyer...
Grand Wally
Eviction question
I'm pretty sure I'm about to evict a tenant....
What can I do to safeguard any potential theft/vandalism in between the time I notify the tenant I'm going to evict them and when the sheriff shows up (maybe 1 week)....
Mindy Jensen
House Flips hit 10-yr high! What do you think about the market?
Was anyone flipping houses back in 2008? I got caught mid-flip and my projected returns were cut in half when I finally sold.Fast forward to today, and flips made up more than 6% of home sales last year, according to...
Adam Smith
Techniques: Getting the bank to accept your offer
I'm sure there are a few posts for this floating around, but I wanted to bring it up again and open up some ideas.
How do YOU get the banks to accept your offer, either short sale or REO?
My first (and only, to da...