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When a Seller wants to rent out the home until their new place is ready, is advisable to charge them a security deposit? Since a walkthru prior to closing doesn't sound useful, would a security deposit offer similar p...
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4 bed 2.5 ba house. 2 Bed upstairs 2 bed downstairs..legal with egress. Under contract and will cash flow nicely. B to B+ area. Issue is the previous owner remodeled around the water shutoff and septic clean out ...
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Hi all,
My family and I bought a home in Jacksonville, FL, that will be complete in June of 2022. We are looking at all our options for moving our stuff from California to JAX. I will be driving our truck out ther...
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Hi my name is Adam Duncan. I have a small furniture design and manufacturing business in Montrose CO. I have been educating myself in real estate buy and hold investing. I would like to buy a single family rental hom...
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What type of insurance coverage are other using for their rentals (Actual Cash Value or Replacment Cost) and why?Best of Success!
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Hi, fellow STR investorsAs there are many small projects on maintaining short-term properties, I wonder how you all pay your handymen on these projects, such as assembling furnitures, fixing a drawer, etc..I am trying...
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Hi,I am interested in my first investment property but I am trying to understand all tax pros/cons beforehand.Let’s say I get paid through a w2 and also 1099 (self employed) and I have to pay about 10k annually on tax...
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Hello BP,I am trying to decide what steps to take with my primary home in the next 6 months. The house was built in 1925 and while functional, it needs a lot of updating. In the current condition, can probably rent fo...
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I have a basement to gut and remodel . Contract signed , permits in hand and right on schedule . Called the customer to tell him we would be there this morning ( right on schedule) . He tells me he has been busy and ...
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I'm looking into selling my rental property in the Bay Area and was wondering if anyone has had experience in staging a property with tenants in it before placing your home on the market? I'm thinking about rearrangin...