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This may seem like a simple question but why are so many landlords against renting to Section 8 tenants; when it seem like a pretty guaranteed payment. I've always thought renting to Section 8 tenants would be one of...
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Hello BP. I am going to apologize for the length of this post in advance.
I am in the Washington DC metro area. As I am sure you are all well aware, rents here can be pretty expensive. I have been using Craig...
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I have read, but want to confirm that I can report forgiven rent payments from a tenant as income to the IRS. The tenant moved out and owes me for last month and a half rent plus utilities. Instead of going after th...
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I am 21 years old and have been considering real estate investing for a while. I am a junior in college and have made up my mind, that this is what I want to do. It seems like there is a high earning potential, and ...
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Any advice for single women ?Ladies what advice to you have for being a single women new to this investing worst. I am 22 years old and I am ready! I am not afraid but nervous at the same time, my why is keeping me o...
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Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read this. My name is Elijah jay Dangerfield. I have been lurking on these forums for about a year, and listening to the podcast for a bit longer. Being a banker, as well as the...
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Hello all,My name is Josh, I am looking to become a buy and hold investor so i can (eventually) become financially free. While i have no properties as of this post, i have been studying up on the industry and doing re...
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Hi everyone. I've been lurking on this site for a few months, as I attempt to weed out the scammers out there from the legit investors.
This page is great.
My goal is to flip, after rehabbing distressed ...
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I have a long question but please stay with me. I'm a new investor and I have a family member who offered to pay for our fist direct mail campaign. I'm comfortable with the the messaging but the part that's holding me...
hello all,When analyzing a credit report how do you weigh past collections? I had an applicant with a three accounts that had gone to collection, but they were in total "only" about 2500 and the most recent was 2017. ...