Christina R.
First rehabs approaching - what do I need to do first?
I'm getting ready to do a "2-fer" and, with a partner, rehab two homes for rentals. My partner is experienced and I intend to ask him the same question I'm asking here (and I know he will thoroughly educate me which ...
Mallory Guerrero
Tenant won’t vacate due to health issues
We have a tenant occupied property in Detroit that is coming up on the end of the lease with the current tenant. The elderly tenant has been struggling health wise the last year and has been struggling to make her ren...
Eric Healy
$450,000 in equity, what do I do?
Hello BP!I have a good problem. I have a SFH rented out in the Seattle area, about three miles from Amazon’s HQ. It has gone up a lot in the last few years. It now has about 450K in equity. I have it rented and cash f...
Matthew Russell
Upfront Rent Payment
Hi All!I own a SFH rental in the Charlotte, NC area and I am currently working with an applicant interested in my rental. For some background I have already received a rental application and performed my due diligence...
Joe Koppel
Rental Insurance quote seems way too high??
I'm buying a turnkey rental in KC MO for 81k and I was recommended REI Guard Home Insurance so I checked them out and got a quote. It was $831 to $892 per year for two different options. This seems sky high to me sinc...
Brandon Turner
GoogleTrends Says Real Estate Investing is Declining?
Hey everyone - I was looking around Google Trends today and came across this graph, showing the dramatic decline in those searching the internet for "Real Estate Investing."
What do you think this means for the in...
Chris H.
Easing tenants into new leases where sqft has gone up.
I recently had my office complex re measured and maped out to BOMA standards. Usable sqft when up by 1000sqft and rentable sqft went up by 9000 sqft. 50 of the 60 leases are up for renewal (negligence of the previous ...
Kieran Donahue
3 rental properties need new roofs. How do I deal with roofers?
Due to recent hail storms I need 3 roofs replaced. I've called a variety of roofers and they all seem to want to scam me one way or another. I've called a couple of them on their pricing. Most of them act like the ...
Susan O.
1031 depreciation schedules for Improvements do they forward?
Hi I'm going to be doing a 1031 exchange soonI wanted to ask and make sureIf I did about $30,000 in improvements being depreciated over 7-10 years on my old downleg propertyWould this be forwarded to the Depreciation ...
Dennis Treacy
Non-responsive RE agents
I am trying to figure out something lately, aren't we in a RE sales decline?
Most of the agents I know are twiddling their thumbs, or giving free tours of the city showing properties with few offe...