Mike McKinzie
Republicans are Racist???
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to resign for describing Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential campaign as "light-skinned" with "no Negro...
Benjamin Cooke
Same laws of FHA apply to house hacking?
I have decided to rent out my spare bedroom in my apartment, do i have to follow the Fair Housing laws (in SC) when people ask to move in? They will have to apply through my apartment but i would like to get someone n...
Josh Teunissen
Be creative - Path to success
I don't have much by way of experience when it comes to real estate investing to contribute. But I do have experience in starting out in an area I have no experience. I started a race team with little money and a big ...
Jeffrey Bailey
What to do with 80 year old tenant paying 1/2 market rate
I am looking to purchase a duplex as our first rental property. One of the units is currently rented by an 80 year old woman that has lived there almost 40 years. She's currently paying less than half the market rate...
Bolanle Ogunmakin
New HUD felony guidance effect on advertisement
Hello All,I am getting ready to put up a vacant unit for advertisement. I came across a discussion hereon not being able to automatically deny an applicant based on a felony charge. I don't plan to write "no felonies"...
Scott Goulet
Tennant pulling the race card
Hi BP, I want to preface this post by saying I believe in total equality and I treat everyone fairly in all of my rentals. I have a situation in one of my rentals, where a sliding glass door was clearly broken by the ...
Debbie Farmer
Advertising for only Section 8 tenants?
Hi,
I just found this fantastic forum while surfing for info. For the last three years I've owned multiple rental properties in an undesirable area in California with good cash flow. Because of the nature of the are...
Michelle Fox
Service dogs and Checkers
Has anyone ever had a person posing as a potential renter from Fair Housing and saying they had an ESA and were told they would have to pay a pet deposit? Then, received a letter from HUD that they were in violation....
Kelly Newby
Newbie (Literally) from Atlanta, GA (Georgia)
My name is Kelly Newby, and I have a very NOVICE experience in real estate. I currently reside in the Atlanta, Georgia area. My current occupation is a systems engineer with a fairly large IT company. My ultimate goal...
Phillip Le
My first deal - Multi-Family yes or no?
Hello,I'm a newbie REI, looking for my first deal, so any advice will be much appreciated. I've been looking at this deal below, the asking price seems very fair but from the pictures, it seems like it needs a lot of ...