Hi Everyone -- I own a few small residential buildings (2-3 families) in Bergen-Lafayette and McGinley Square areas in Jersey City. I manage the properties myself even though I don't live in the area. The day-to-day m...
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I currently have a prospective tenant who applied to live in the unit above us who is overqualified. They currently own in NJ and are planning to keep that home and rent it out. The husband makes $140K/year as a softw...
I called a homeowner that couldnt get his house sold, I Asked if he was still interested in selling it Or renting it. And he said that his house got sold. BUT, It didnt. The property is still on his name. Maybe he was...
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Does anyone have experience holding small (less then 25 units) commercial multi unit deals through market corrections like the 05-08 timeframe? Would anyone recommend leveraging now into a small commercial deal like t...
I am new to REI (just started last month) and before I found BiggerPockets I had hired a local investor as my coach/mentor. Unfortunately, I did not feel I was receiving the proper education, and after being a m...
Hi there - I'm currently analyzing a 4 family and each tenant is on a month-to-month (not uncommon in my area, following the initial 1-year lease term). I'm told by the owner that we likely won't be able to get into o...
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Not really a big deal but my tenant is complaining about cockroaches in the house. It states clearly in the lease that the tenant is responsible for all pest control (standard TREC lease language). How do you guys han...
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Okay so I found a private seller for a home. It's a single family home 3 bed 1 bath with car garage. They seller wants $70,000 for the home. I was thinking what would be the best thing for this. I was thinking mayb...
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I would like to get an idea about how you handle incoming calls from people responding to postal mailings or other marketing methods.
What do you say when someone calls? How do you get them from information ...
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I contacted an attorney a little over a month ago to draw up a promissory note and a mortgage that I could use for a private money loan between my lender and I.Initially, he requested a $400 retainer to begin work on ...