Jonathan Taylor
Send me your financing questions
We are in some unsettling times and many of you have questions about financing options available for investors. Others have questions about the lingo/structure of RE financing. Opening up this forum to send me all you...
Dane C Allen
Tenant is terminally ill - month 5 of 12 month lease in winter
A longstanding great tenant of mine is terminally ill and has moved out (it’s highly likely he won’t be back). He’s now living with family and receiving hospice care. He’s in very poor health and likely will not surv...
Dan Gheesling
Detroit - What are your thoughts / questions / fears about investing in the City of Detroit?
When you hear about Detroit Real Estate most people get scared and picture burned down buildings, blight, etc. Myself included.One of my initial fears was that I wouldn't get my money back out, and that the renters wo...
Nathan Gesner
Do you include a regular rent increase in your lease?
My lease includes an automatic increase of 3% every year. Do you include a standard rent increase in your lease or do you play it by ear every year?
Jesse Chunn
Why Not Apartment Complexes???
I am new, have not bought my first property yet, but I have been a "businessman" for 20 years. I have a higher than average tolerance for risk, so long as it is "calculated" risk. For the sake of this question, assume...
Account Closed
City suing landlord for $1.2 million for 'illegal' airBNB rentals
City apparently feeling unheard when landlord and airBNB appear to be dismissive about rental ordinances.http://nypost.com/2017/05/14/city-smacks-landlord-...Here you have landlord suing tenant for $300,000 for illega...
Joanne Tsai
Is market softening? How does your local market look?
Hey all,There have been a few articles on CNBC talking about new home sales plunged 25% in recent months (YoY) and also today there is an article talking about existing home sales also seem to trend down comparing to...
Nathan Gesner
When is it OK to talk about money?
In 2005 my oldest brother asked me how my house sale was going. I mentioned it went under contract in three days and we were making $125,000 profit. I was in the military and would be considered lower middle-income at...
Justin S.
What would you do? Hold or Sell?
I believe I may already know the popular vote, but here is my situation: I purchased a brownstone in Brooklyn in 2014 as a shell and the house underwent a gut renovation. It is a 3 unit building that my wife and I occ...
Darwin Crawford
My Energy Efficiency Project Thread, aka Eco-Capitalism
Hey there BP!I'm posting this thread, which, full disclosure, will be long, and might not be for everyone, in order to document a project I am doing here in sunny Arizona. It is on a commercial building, 8 units, and...