Andrew Jones
How to handle being given a house
Let me start off by apologizing if this is the wrong section. Ok so here is the deal. My uncle has owned my great grandmother's house for about 15 years. No one has lived in the house since Hurrican Katrina. On Good F...
Ronald H.
Getting a handle on fix up costs
I live in Saugus, Massachusetts and I have built up a Cash Buyer's list of Real Estate Investors. The list has not been tested, although, I do occasionally research what is going on around my area by using the Interne...
Lexi Blevins
Duplexes - Tenant or landlord handles yard care?
Hey everyone! I’m under contract to purchase 4 SFH three of which used to be duplexes. Since those 3 are all still zoned as MFR, my goal is to convert them back to duplexes and hopefully place section 8 tenants. Right...
Joseph Weisenbloom
How do you handle tenant AC costs?
Tenants love to crank AC systems to absurdly low temperatures which creates a high likelihood of breaking the AC unit. In my area HVAC techs charge $1000s just to look at the unit after it breaks. I have a 3 year old ...
Grant Kemp
How to handle Insurance in "subject to"
I will be purchasing a house subject to the existing mortgage. How should I best handle the insurance? The options I see are
1. Contact their insurance and make me the "name insured", then have them as "additional in...
Stinson Bland
Handling a "Buy" call from a Seller
I'm worried that I'm not doing a very good job on the phone when I get a caller from my direct marketing...
WOW, that was hard to type! I was a successful financial services phone salesman for many years in the pa...
Winn Vu
How to handle tenant and gardener issues
How should I handle the situation when the tenant is not happy with the gardener I hire? The tenant has lived in the rental just over a year but I have hired this gardener for a longer time and he is also working on m...
Chris Pasternak
Not sure how to handle tenant issue
Hello, Longer story-short, I have a tenant that put in a complaint about a furnace in March. My partner, who was the PM at the time, who has since exited the picture, sent out a technician to repair the furnace. App...
Sam Levine
New Landlord - How to Handle Rent Increases
I am about to close on my first fourplex this Friday through an owner-occupied FHA loan. The property fits my investment requirements at market rental rates. Unfortunately, the previous owner has kept the rents for th...
Chance Lee
Self Managing STR properties: Handling tax remittance
I am a property manager and am reaching out to self-managing STR property owners to learn how others handle their tax remittances.