Brian Oberg
Raising Rent: Good idea or bad business practice
We currently own three investment properties (SFR) and looking to expand that by at least 4 this year. We have always held it to be a good business practice to not raise rent on current tenants when the renew their l...
Bryan Tasumi
Real estate cash flow vs Physician/Doctor cash flow. Difference?
Real estate cash flow vs Physician/Doctor cash flow. How many houses and how much time would it take a real estate investor to get enough cash flow to equal that of a doctor making 300k + benefits a year? I am assumin...
JT Williamson
Investment Company
What are peoples take on setting up a corporation or something along those lines for their investments? Up to this point we have done it through our personal accounts. Are there any benefits to setting up a corporatio...
Christopher Gill
To Own or Rent: Combining the Best of Both Worlds! - Part 2
See first to understand the context of this post here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/44/topics/251...I want to see homeownership evolve to fit our current lifestyle and desires. Will home ownership in its prese...
Calvin Baughman
Are Short-Term Rentals a smarter choice over Long-Term Rentals?
This must be a commonly asked question here, but I'm seeking updated opinions, from People who are daily operating in those markets. Could the profitability of Short-Term Rentals outweigh the stability offered by Long...
Zachary Taylor
New to Notes.... off to the races!
Hello Fellow Notes Folks!New here and thought I would introduce myself. I am 33, worked in finance for past 10+ years in various roles including private equity, LBOs, M&A, credit, etc. However, I have not had prof...
Amy Mueller
Can I require proof a dog is a service/therapy dog?
I allow dogs in my rentals, but not breeds excluded in my insurance policy. Rotts, pitbulls, Dobermans. When I informed an applicant of these restrictions, she told me her dog was a pitbull, but a therapy dog, and s...
Fradel Schaechter
The importance of saving
It was the topic of saving that got me started on a journey that eventually led me to be interested in real estate. It has been the cornerstone for me as I have followed the advice of the books I had read (like The se...
Ben Stanley
How do people invest in real estate while working a full time job?
I'm still in the learning phases, but trying to both stabalize my income and also figfure out how I could invest in real estate while working fulltime 40-50 hours a week. I imagine there is a lot of work and things th...
Robert Quiroz
Why are a lot of MFH being sold with rents under market
I've underwritten around 30 deals so far, mostly in the Ohio market. I'd say that 85% of them have rents that are 10-15% under market. If the way to increase the selling value of a MFH is to increase NOI by increasi...