Jacob Miles
Is it wrong to ask my buying agent to take a lower comish
This might rub some people the wrong way. but in my short home buying history, the realtors i have worked with have provided paper work and a way to get into the house for viewing. other than that i found the house t...
Jackie Sladky
When can tenants refuse the 24 notice?
We have tenants who stored flammable items in their unit, in violation of the lease, and removed them when told.
Six months later there was a leak in their unit and when the handyman came it to fix the leak, he infor...
Alexandra Hughes Pailet
Tenant is Anti-Glyphosate (Round Up) - Realistic Request?
I recently contracted a landscaping company to do a complete overhaul at my rental. Today, the tenant contacts me unhappy that they were using Round-Up as it contains glyphosate. Trying to reassure her, I sent her lin...
Tim Kersting
Necessary repairs vs unnecessary tenant requests
So the quick version of this is:My mom moved from the area (sf bay area to so-cal) and kept her house here. I am the "property manager" for the time being.We did as much as we could to get the place rent ready in the ...
Sunny Suh
Diary of my first step: Jersey City NJ Multi-Family- No experience, no idea what i'm doing, no regrets
Hello everyone, Complete noob here. I started investing in a set it and forget it type stock/index portfolio and it has done well. Had to do a lot of research.Now I am jumping in real estate, going for that multiple s...
TJ H.
Developer building high-rise behind me-want to buy my twin duplex
Hi,My sister and I own a twin duplex near Philadelphia, PA. The other (half of?) twin is own by someone else - and it's also a duplex, owner occupies one unit, other unit is rented out. Our twin duplex is rented out a...
Bill S.
Non-success Story
So there ought to be a forum section for mistakes. A place where we can post our defeats, where we can process what went wrong and share with others so they can avoid the pain. Since that doesn't exist. I'll post here...
Jon Klaus
Austin is Hot
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2012/02/23/forecast-austin-job-growth-revs-up.html?ana=lnk
Some highlights:
19,000 new jobs are expected this year after 13,000 last year.
Unemployment rate could drop below 5...
Joanna P.
Is this home worth purchasing given concerning inspections?
Hi All!Newbie over here! I'm looking to house-hack in Chicago and have been looking at multi units for a while.. Finally found one in Humboldt park that's been around for a while with price decreases, made an offer, a...
Jay Hinrichs
Landlords will you give tenants affected by virus a break on rent
I am curious how the landlords on this site will handle tenants whose jobs are going to be impacted by all the conventions being cancelled and hotel rooms being cancelled and flights being cancelled etc etc. We know o...