Douglas B.
Any tips for low income/section 8 rentals?
I'm ready to buy my first duplex. In our market I can buy a habitable duplex in a low income urban market for 30k. Rents are aprox $500/unit but will likely be low income urban or section 8 tenants. The ROI opportu...
Ryan Ahlgrim
Do you allow rental applicants to self show your properties?
I'm assuming most will answer that question with a "no" (or "HELL NO!") but are there any landlords out there who allow rental applicants to view their properties alone without themselves or someone from their propert...
David Sisson
Trouble finding qualified tenants in RI + questions about SF
So, I'm purchasing my first single family as a rental. East Providence, quiet B neighborhood. 3 beds/2 bath. I'd say that the unit is C+ or B- quality, with the nicer homes in the neighborhood being the owner occupied...
Bryce Betley
Those "I buy houses cash" signs...
We have all seen those "I buy houses for cash" signs. Do any of you have experience with them? How have they worked?I began to think that it might be better to create a company name so that when people are ready to se...
Matt Liu
Tenant threatening to sue me for falling down stairs
I inherited lousy tenants in a property (year lease) who are threatening to sue me for a slip down the stairs. She didn't seem injured but yadayada had to go to the doctors and did xrays yadayada. Now they're saying s...
Scott Blackwill
Tax Deferment as an LP investor on Multi-Family Syndication
I understand you can defer taxes on SFH through a 1031 exchange, but what about tax deferment as an LP of a syndication? It's my understanding you'll have some paper losses due to depreciation that you can push to fo...
Mabel L.
Re: What would you do with a lifetime leased unit?
I need some input for a SF specific situation that no one but those who knows the tenants laws in SF could possibly understand:I purchased a 1 bdrm TIC to live in, moved back home temporarily (so I thought) when my mo...
Shiloh Lundahl
Partnership Gone Bad: What would you do?
Here are the facts. I'll try keep it as unbiased as possible to get some honest feedback from other investors.Last year I met an investor who was flipping houses in Phoenix. I connected with him by email a couple of t...
Alyssa K.
Cozy allowed payment reversal that withdrew previously paid rent
I received an email from Cozy stating that a tenant disputed their rent payment/marked it as fraudulent with their bank. Cozy then reversed the payment, which had already been deposited into my account, and withdrew i...
Chihiro Kurokawa
"Syndicators" with no operational experience
There are people purporting to be experienced "syndicators" who have marketed themselves very well, but they lack operational experience. Many "syndicators" have been unable or unwilling to find their own deals and so...