William Huston
Tracking Your Properties: What do you use?
I am curious what others are using to track information on their rentals they own? it seems most use Excel....Personally the last few years i have been extremely hands off on my rentals, i have all my rentals managed ...
Skyler Harkins
Postcards for first hit of target area?
After combing through a number of different posts on marketing strategies, I have come to some sort of a conclusion: yellow letters have a relative high response rate with high probability of unmotivated sellers, a...
Andrew Abbott
Pay off Student Loans or Start Investing
Hello Everyone,First post on BP... super excited!My Question - Should I continue aggressively paying off student loans or start saving for downpayment?My Situation - 23 years old... roughly $10k remaining in student l...
Paul Smetona
Basement Foundation Repair - How involved might this job be?
I'm considering placing an offer on a house that has an issue with the basement foundation. The Point of Sale inspection has an item that simply states "replace damaged foundation." Here in the Cleveland Ohio suburbs,...
Manmath D.
First time landlord. My first screening, where to begin ?
Ok. So here it is. This is my first so to speak rental. I bought a duplex last year and had a tenant in place. This tenant has been good so far, paying rent on 1st of the month (Haven't done final exit inspection yet)...
Michael Plaks
5-yr depreciation - for tax geeks
On a different thread, I was challenged by my usual sparring partner @Eamonn McElroy. Our purely theoretical disagreement was over a $100k excavator to be used in a rental business, which I'd call a stretch to even co...
Rob C.
Inspection advice greatly appreciated.
After months and months I finally got one of my offers accepted on an out of state property in Atlanta. This is a first for me. I'm planning to fly out to see the property and neighborhood with my own two eyes (for pe...
Noah Levenson
Gauging Interest in a AMA for Digital Marketing
Hey everyone, I got super inspired by the great folks I met at the SF Bay Area Summit and was trying to think of how I could add some value to this wonderful community. Would anyone be interested in an AMA around Dig...
Reid Sealby
HELOC vs. Cash-out Refi...
Hello friends! Last August, I purchased a home in Arvada for ~530k with $0 down using the VA loan. Since then, a recent market value analysis shows us that our house is likely worth $650k-$700k in the current market. ...
Jeff Dippel
Bad Realtor-Please Help
Hi everyone,So I've been trying to get rid of a mobile home and I hired a realtor who said he'd help me for a $2,500 flat fee. He failed to mention that he was also tacking on about $4,000 in charges on top of that. I...