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John Moorhouse What did you all do before you started investing?
10 May 2019 | 41 replies

What did you all do before you started investing? What jobs did you have so you could raise the funds for a downpayment and such. I am 15, i want to own rental properties and am wondering what i could do to raise the ...

Karin Crompton Typical Hard Money Fees (by category, not amount)
24 January 2013 | 22 replies

I'm looking for some info on what's considered typical vs what fees would be indicative of a bad lender - not the dollar amounts, just the categories, though if there are standard $$ ranges to be aware of, please say ...

Mark Werner Overwhelmed with applicants
21 May 2015 | 17 replies

Hello all. I am curious to know from the long time, experienced landlords, how do you approach a situation with numerous applicants or potential applicants? I am new and still learning, and especially learning a lot f...

Chris Seveney Note Investing: Like Watching a Jerry Springer Episode Unfold
7 December 2024 | 18 replies

In the world of note investing, you never know what you’re going to get. Just when I think I’ve seen it all, a due diligence case like this one lands on my desk. We’re looking at a seven-figure property in Texas, tied...

Danny Polanski California is at it again.
17 January 2023 | 55 replies

California county bans landlords from conducting criminal background checks for housing!https://www.foxnews.com/us/cal...

Austin Hair Is it illegal to send photos of yourself when offering to buy RE?
20 October 2021 | 24 replies

I composed an offer letter for my real estate agent to send out and it included pictures of my wife and our new baby. 
After sending out 10 offer letters, I found out she hasn't been including our photos. When I aske...

Account Closed CODE OF STANDS FOR PROPERTY MANAGERS
18 April 2018 | 4 replies

Over the years on here I've seen some questions regarding people wanting to become Property Managers and how they would handle entering the data into a financial software program. What they don't realize is that there...

Bill Gulley Felons, Do You Rent To Them?
28 July 2016 | 20 replies

Just read a thread where a landlord said that his instruction to his tenant screening company was to automatically disqualify anyone with a felony.

HUD has this guideline in public housing. In some cases it...

James B. What are the top questions to ask a prospective tenant?
10 July 2016 | 19 replies

I've been told I ask too many questions and don't want prospective renters to feel I'm giving them the third degree. What are the best questions to ask a new potential tenant responding to an on-line rental listin...

Brendan M. Flexible Tenant Selection Criteria?
16 June 2015 | 9 replies

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...