Jonathan Pflueger
So Much Fear Around Insurance Claims: Is a rate raise automatic?
Many believe and advocate that filing a homeowners insurance claim will lead to higher rates, discouraging claims altogether. This subjective and heavily pushed idea seems driven by a real sense of fear. I mean, why p...
Hemal Adani
Will paying off Fannie Mae loan decrease mortgage payment?
Hi All, I have mortgage from WellsFargo tell me that even if I pay additional payment to principal won't decrease the mortgage payment. is this true? They said minimum payment to be adjusted has to be $20,000 and they...
Bienes Raices
Lawn care included?
How do you handle the watering issue when you include lawn care? Are the tenants still responsible for the watering, or do you install a sprinkler system? Thanks.
Kyle Deutschmann
Freddie Mac expands guidelines to allow rental income from ADUs
For all you potential (and current) house-hackers out there - Freddie Mac announced recently that they are expanding their lending guidelines for conventional mortgages to allow rental income from Accessory Dwelling U...
Benjamin West
Increasing tenant rent annually
I'd like to hear specific language about landlords use in leases for raising tenant rent annually and what people think are acceptable percentages.
Carolina E.
First Multi-Unit Deal, I think I know my answer...
Hi BP. I need some input on this deal and anything I might be overlooking. Looking at a 3 unit. 2/1, 1/1.5 and a studio. I do not like the bedroom numbers, but still am interested. All units have separate utiliti...
John D.
Wheelhouse pricing --> VRBO/Homeaway
I am still looking for a solution, to push Wheelhouse pricing, into the VRBO/Homeaway platform. Would consider using a PMS or related to handle that, so long as the PMS didn't require a ton of integration or c...
Michael Wu
Challenges surrounding utilities management
Hey everyone - I'm trying to learn more about the challenges of utilities management for landlords. Does anyone have any pain points / challenges that they'd love to share?
For context, I'm currently doing research o...
Gideon Blustein
Anyone used Community Investment Corporation of Chicago?
Hey BP'ers: I'm curious if anyone has had success in using Community Investment Corporation of Chicago to buy multiple properties in distressed areas or multifamily in distressed areas. What are the ins and outs/pitfa...
Andrew McGuire
Airbnb Revenue relief in sight??
This summer has been the toughest I can remember to keep all our Airbnb listings occupied and rates up. It makes sense with the number of active listings (single family homes) going from 7K in Phoenix metro to over 9....