Jordan Laney
PM signed awful snow contract
Hey all, I want to ask if you would sign this contract.PM has a snow vendor who comes out to shovel if it snows more than 2". They charge us $250 per "push". Since we have 2 buildings (right next to each) the total is...
Miles Stanley
RE Agent is also Principal in Transaction - Use of Forms Texas
I'm currently in the middle of getting my Real Estate Agent license and hope to have it done by end of year.i was studying my Law of Contracts material and i came across the rule (537.11) that states that agents must ...
Kasey Blow
Hi all, Im a newbie and need a little help with some calculations
I am looking to buy a SFH as a long term rental and my back up strategy is to short term lease it/airbnb it. I found a property on a super busy street in Lincoln NE that has been 100% rehabbed by the current owner loo...
Tracy Munger
Rodent problem in potential multifamily investment
Hi BP!
We're new at this looking for our first investment property. We are primarily looking at multifamily units. We live in a pretty rural area about 10-15 minutes between 2 different markets in central Iowa. One m...
Dan NA
REO's - How Do You Know If Mechanicals Work If There's No Electricity?
Hi everyone,
I am going to preface this by saying I have never done a rehab before. Currently looking at a multi-family REO that needs a fair amount of work. The house has no electricity and/or heat turned on. I foun...
Sara Bolliger
Major water damage on out of town rental
I was notified by my property manager that after my tenants moved out (February in Indianapolis), the utility company failed to put the utilities in my property manager's name and instead shut them off. I don't know...
Kevin Barrett
Ideal town to target absentee owners
In the process of building a direct mail campaign and I'm wondering if anyone has thoughts on whether it makes a difference in targeting absentee owners in a town which is more in a rural, family community versus a to...
Anne Williams
Boiler Tune-up/Maintainance in NJ
I would like to get a boiler tuned up for one of my properties. I doubt the previous owner did much maintenance on it, even though it is working. I heard PSEG will service boilers but will charge about $300 alone ju...
Josh Bryan
What would you do? RE: First rental property
I currently have a SFH in Aurora, IL with tenants until June 08. There are wanting to stay past June and are willing to sign until the end of Feb 09. With that being the middle of winter in the Chicagoland area, wou...
Paul Sandhu
How do you winterize your vacant STRs with this cold front?
Temp is going to below zero for a few days here. I've got unoccupied properties with the utilities on. How do you prepare for when it gets this cold?Leave the heat on and sinks dripping?Turn off the water at the meter...