Matt Cianci
Long Distance Landlord - Avoiding Management Companies
We are a group of investors from NY, NY, TX looking to buy a duplex in FL. Many of the deals we evaluate are showing 7-8% cap rates, which works well for us, but once we stick a management company fee on there it is w...
Tony T.
Inflation Coming Soon With Bailouts? - Where to Put $60,000 Cash
I have recently paid off my loans for my rental properties and I'm starting to accumulate cash (I took it out of the S&P 500 ETF when it was at 3300, now at 2300, predicting this massive stock drop would happen **...
Stephen Quesinberry
First Buy & Hold using BRRR Strategy in DFW!
Hi Everyone! Excited to share my success story and lessons learned during my first BRRR and second investment property. Hopefully, everyone can learn from it! Here are some lessons learned during my first SFH BRRR in ...
Melissa Lenhardt
Never put utilities in their own name
Hello,
This is out first time renting out our home and after our tenants moved in they never put the utilities in their own name and I am still being charged for them. I plan on sending out a certified lette...
Nicholas Munford
Why Did You Get Into REI?
When you decided to get into REI what was your why (your drive) to get into the business and succeed? Personally, my why is to past my knowledge on to others, specifically, those less fortunate and unsure of where the...
Joey Nakayama
Move-in fee v. security deposit
As a Chicago landlord, I've noticed many local apartment listings that ask for a non-refundable move-in fee instead of a security deposit. I suspect this is partially due to Chicago's strict laws regarding security...
Calvin Lin
Zillow now wants $9.99 per week for > 1 rental listing
Happy New Year BP community.I just got an email from Zillow rental manager saying that starting in Feb if I have > 1 rental listing I have to pay $9.99 per week for each listing. This is for the Raleigh NC area.An...
Champ Leong
What's the issues using non licensed contractors?
If I want to hire my best friend, for example, who has done work for me and I know his work is good quality, what issues will this present in my BRRR? Will I have an issue getting hard money? etc TIA!
Pamela Gordon
Rental Showings - Do you prefer 1:1 or open house tours?
Just starting showing my rental property about 1.5 weeks ago, by appointment only. It seems like a nice gesture to have private tours for the potential tenants that show up, but it also takes a lot of time. So what ...
James Klafehn
Tired of hearing "NO"
I have been on this forum for a while now. I realize one of the biggest problems in real estate is finding capitol to invest with. At the risk of sounding just like one of the many other people complaining about the d...