Paul Sandhu
Are Chinese professionals in the U.S. paranoid?
For the last 2 years a local factory has been renting my furnished houses for their visiting Chinese engineers. They normally stay anywhere from 3 weeks to 3 months. There is a cable tv in the living room, and cable t...
Jasen Bankson
(Advice Requested) STR My Primary Residence for High Demand Weekends
Hi! I live right next to Clemson University in Upstate South Carolina and am considering renting my home on game weekends in the fall and on graduation weekends. Those weekends everything in town is booked up and th...
Yeshua Williams
Positive Income Issues do exist. Any advice would be great.
A little while back we acquired a property that was a real fixer-upper. Well, we did a good job and now have positive cash flow. In terms of positive cash flow, what do you do for taxes? We'd like to take some out...
Matt Geerts
Small town main street tenants
TL;DR - Commercial newbie needs to know how to effectively lease up a few shops in a tiny town. I have found myself suddenly to be a commercial property owner. Besides some residential units, my new building has 3 com...
Eric Yu
Should I Replacing Entire Plumbing / Electrical?
Hi all!This is the first time I'm working on a rehab that's more than just cosmetic. We're finishing a basement & also considering updating electrical / plumbing. Our contractor said we should definitely replace t...
Nick Patel
how to sell REO property
Dear BP members,Recently we took back Vacant property (Deed In Lieu). Now we own this property and want to sell. 1. We have inspected inside and noticed lots of trash left by the previous owner. Should we clean out fi...
Michael Kelly
RV Parks
Not exactly a mobile home park topic but figured this forum fit the bill closer than any of the others. I'm considering buying a 4 acre tract (thinking 30 spaces) within the city limits to house construction workers f...
Minna Hu
How to deal with recurring bed bug complaint from tenant
I have one tenant keep reporting bed bugs, approximately every 2 months. The first time, we sent pest control company, the company found there are few bed bugs in the sofa and did the spray. She visited the other apt ...
Bhaskar Upadhyayula
Trouble with tenants - Texas
My question: When lease comes up for renewal next year, can we decide not to renew it, even if tenant is willing to sign? Reasons given below.Details: One of our tenants in a 4-plex in Austin, TX is causing lot of "tr...
Terry Lao
What have you sacrificed for your down payment?
I have heard a lot of posts about how to buy real estate with no money down, low down, first time buyer program, etc. All these paths are possible, but they are financial decisions that you are now just realizing when...