Nathan Gesner
I've learned my lesson with AirBnB rentals
So I rented an AirBnB property in Dallas. This was the third time I've used that platform to rent a property and each one has been an illegal rental. I'm done.The first one was in California three years ago. It had fi...
Percy N.
HUD & Sage Acquisitions Processing Times
Has anyone been experiencing unresponsiveness from Sage Acquisitions while trying to close on a HUD property? Sage is the new management company HUD is using in the Philadelphia area.Our offer was accepted almost 60 d...
Josh Polston
Tenant Refuses Stove - threatens to withold rent
[punchline at the end] I have a legacy tenant that has been living in the building since purchase (7 years ago) and they recently killed their gas range with only one of 4 burners working. When they notified me it wa...
Jason L.
Home Insurance Rates in Florida Have Gone Parabollic
I got renewal quotes on 2 of my investment properties in Tampa this week. Last year I paid $1475 in premiums for the 2 houses combined, but the quotes this year came in at about $2200. That's about a 40% YoY increase!...
Chris LeMay
Tenant Backed out 2 hours before handing them the keys?
Need some guidance on this one as this is a first for me. Here is the situation....We purchased a condo on Jan 16th. We found tenants and they have signed a 12 month lease. They were scheduled to move in yesterday ...
Brian Washburn
To Carpet or Not to Carpet. That is the Question.
I just bought my first rental in Omaha, NE. It's a 3BR 1BA with 1900sqft. I'm putting about $6k into renovations, including rebuilding the bathroom from scratch and new kitchen vinyl floors. The house has about 1000s...
Jeff Schneider
25% flipping tax??? Not cool.
Let's not get into politics but since we're all like minded-ish investors, read this and let us know what do you think of forcing market changes, area changes, affordability, excessive taxing etc?https://theweek.com/s...
Nicolas Franckenfeld
How to 'hide' from your tenants. Need suggestions.
I, like most of owners with more than a handful of leases, tend to put some sort of separation between the tenants and me. With most properties, this separation, usually via a management company, is desired to preve...
Jose Diaz
How long on average does it take to evaluate a property?
Hello to all. I am new to RE and am interested in wholesaling to begin with. I have been reading Than Merrill's new book "The wholesaling bible". In the book he stresses the need to learn to evaluate properties qui...
Walter Key
We're in a "Bizarre Market"...Thoughts on a Recent Article
National Association of Realtors Chief Economist Lawrence Yun recently wrote an article stating that we're in a "Bizarre Market" in which he stated "With a strong economy and the lowest unemployment rate since 2000, m...