Brandon Ingegneri
Buyer making entry and starting work prior to closing
I recently locked up a single family, fire damaged house in Providence RI. I was going to demo the house and blow out a quick rehab on it. It's a bungalow, so it would be a fast renovation. While the title work is ...
Louise Robaina
Reduction in rent request
First time posting anything....We have one new tenant. She is requesting a reduction in rent because we had a heater (vent) problem that we quickly resolved, but now the unit above hers may have a sink/tub leak that...
Bob Plano
Neighbor not cooperative on allowing access for property that isn't his
So weird situation here. There is a county access way that backs right up to my property. It's a future roadway that is owned by the county. It runs adjacent to a neighbor so I thought I would run it by him that I wil...
Michael Paling
My Responsibility as landlord?
My tenant just out of the blue asks “are you free today to install my new kitchen faucet and shower head?” No prior notice about any issues with either item. Forget about them wanting it done “today” for the moment, b...
Kate H.
Converting shed to livable space - done that/know contractor?
I'm thinking of buying a house in Toronto to rent out and put a shed with electricity, plumbing and heating in the back yard to live in myself. Has anyone done this kind of thing before or know of a good contractor wh...
Pennie Heath
arrgh, first deal and tenant issues, ideas?
We have a contract on a house here locally and have yet to see the inside due to tenant in place. Agreed to walk through today at 4 and we got there, no realtor or property management person and the tenant was home a...
Colin Clive
Income verification for mortgage qualification.
A professional gambler friend of mine wants to buy a house. Since he is self-employed, the only records of his income are his annual IRS forms.
He's planning to present forms with enlarged figures for his annual inco...
David B.
Renters her deducting security cameras and monitoring
I live in Ventura California and have a SFH rental in the area that I self manage. Our tenants were burglarized last month and lost $20,000 in jewelry and possessions. The tenant left a window open in the kids room wh...
Pablo Ramirez
BRRRR'ing with a Hard Money Lender - Only Lend to Entities
Hi all,In my recent HML shopping, only one is willing to lend to an Individual while the others require an Entity. As this is my first BRRRR, I'd like to cash-out refi with a conventional Fannie/Freddie lender after s...
Sherif Kaissi
Here is a goid one:Tenant drama
My tenant asked me to string a line for his clothes dryer in the garage because the ones that are currently there are for stackable type and not side by side.I asked for measurements to check cost and in the back of m...