Jim Goebel
Home Warranty Decision(s) for entire portfolio
We were just yesterday looking at some options for home warranty type of services and I think crowd-sourcing this one may help:The provider we were looking at specifically was HomeServe, however there are numerous oth...
James Kirby
Application Fee Credit and Criminal Background checks
Hello Everyone, I am new to investment properties and I am currently in the process of closing on my first multi-unit property. I have been doing a lot of research on everything over the past several months and h...
Hank Olken
Ethics Around Reducing Tax Liability
Hi all, as I've been getting more into real estate investing, it's become quite clear that the US tax code favors business owners and real estate investors rather than W2 employees or self-employed business owners. On...
Joe Edwards-Hoff
The only chance of finding positive cash flow is...
I'm only a couple weeks into researching real estate. Well, I actually own a home and rent it, but that is besides the point. I'm just trying recover an unwise past investment. Hopefully my current refinancing goes th...
Joe T.
Tenant won't submit repairs in writing
I'm starting to get annoyed with my first tenant, and as a first time landlord, i'm not sure what to do. A little background information -Tenant moves in and "forgets" to do move in property and condition form. I info...
James Brewer
Inner City - How Bad Could It Be?
Hi Folks,I've heard investing in the inner city and low income/high crime areas is horrible, but I'm here to ask either how you've made it work to be successful, or exactly what kind of nightmare you've had?I've been ...
Mark Shaffar
Would you rather buy a $40k rehabbed rental in a C neighborhood or $55k in a B?
I'm curious about neighborhoods as it relates to turnkey/ buy, fix, hold purchases. Most of us have preferences for A, B, C, or D neighborhoods when it comes to investing and rule out the others. My hunch though is th...
Eric M.
What is considered Short Payoff Fraud?
BP member Scott Hubbard posted the Freddie Mac link below in another thread but after reading it, I thought it was important enough to highlight it on its own. To me, it was pretty eye-opening as to what Freddie (and...
Nicholas Patrick
Should i drop out of college to be a real estate investor
I have okay grades in college. A 3.2 GPA which isn't bad for my first semester. I was thinking about dropping out though and pursuing real estate investing. Should I? If I don't drop out, besides real estate, what maj...
Laura Guy
For those that "haven't been affected by eviction moratorium"
For those of you who say the eviction moratorium doesn’t/hasn’t affected you. I’m here to tell you it does. If you own rental property, but “haven’t had any issues”, 12% of mom and pop housing providers- your colleagu...