Bienes Raices
"Never, ever do Section 8"
I have a friend who was a successful landlord for many years. When I mentioned Section 8 to him he advised me never to get involved with it, that it was only for experts who know how to handle it. He said the Section ...
Maarifa Arnett
Bad neighborhood, Bad house, should I?
Another dilapidated property that my family owns in Memphis that they have stopped paying on. The back tax is around 5k. The house looks like this My family said if I pay back tax the house is mine. I would do most of...
Shawn Pottschmidt
percentage saved by do it yourself
I read a lot about hiring a contractor. Has anyone ever calculated how much they saved by not using contractors and did most of the rehab work themselves? Or the real question is what percent of costs is going to con...
Stephen Kasher
Vacancy Problems with Multi-Unit
Hi just wanted to get some input, not sure what can be done but doesn't hurt to ask . ..
I own a 60 Unit property in the DFW area. I am a newbie, so I made some of the usual mistakes, to be sure, but was not a comp...
David Robertson
Interior Paint Colors..Any suggestions?
I am finishing up my first flip and we will be painting the interior of the house in the next few days. I'm curious what paint colors you guys are using for your interior paint in your rehab properties?
I was thin...
Abdul R.
Turnkey markets. First time buyer
Hello, Bay area native here. Looking to invest in turn keys untill the passive income allows me to be rent free by year 5 ( provided I have an flow of income at 3500). From there who knows, but that's the current ...
Josiah Tullis
Newbie here– is my property manager taking advantage of me?
I recently decided to take the plunge and bought an out-of-state SFH rental investment through Roofstock. The existing lease expired about a month after we closed and the tenant did not renew the lease. I decided to k...
Rich Weese
investing in Vegas, Reno, Washington or Phoenix???
http://realestate.msn.com/slideshow.aspx?cp-documentid=23517536>1=35000#1
Rents are dropping to ridiculous levels and hard to make sense of overall investments from a rental standpoint. Don't count on rents IN...
Edita D.
Repairs exceed tenant's deposit
Hey Guys!It seems our tenant kept unauthorized dogs at our property, and there are extensive pet damages to the house (flooring, fence). We think the repairs will SIGNIFICANTLY exceed tenant's deposit. Of course, we w...
George Ganis
Need a recommendations - Parker, CO
I am a relatively new landlord and need some guidance and a couple of recommendations for my rental house in Parker, CO.
This was my first tenant and boy did they do a number on the house ,they left it a mess...