Nathan Gesner
Are property inspections/registration required in your market?
This is not uncommon for vacation rentals, but now cities are starting to enforce it for long-term rentals. Has this happened in your area? Do you think it's a good thing?https://triblive.com/local/wes...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, March 8, 2021)
Economic Update(Monday, March 8, 2021)
Mortgage rates have been on an upward climb this year, with stronger ...
Ashley Jones
What’s the exact term for this violation & possible outcomes?
I have a crappy upstairs neighbor renting the unit above me & I own my downstairs unit. So far, the tenant has gotten 2 noise violations & the last one resulted in a $100 fine. Now, she has this guy that has b...
Robert Frazier
The morality of short term rentals
This is just a question I’ve been wondering as we deal with a huge housing crisis in our city.is it moral to convert properties to short term rentals in a city with a deep housing crisis?if a city has 500 units conver...
Basit Siddiqi
Investing in Spain: Good idea for non-residents(Americans)?
I lived in Madrid, Spain for about 8 months and I am curious if it is possible for non-residents to successfully have rental properties within the country.My concern is mostly from a tax standpoint and whether it make...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: What are your best (and legal) tax saving strategies?
Since it's almost the end of the year, I wanted to focus our question on ideas and strategies that can help us make last minute changes to help lessen the tax burden, or to start the year with best practices.
Let's h...
Dustin M.
Investing in Mobile Homes after June 1 HUD Safe Act
Hi,
Does anyone have any strategies in place for mobile home investing after June 1st when the HUD Safe Act starts which will eliminate almost all seller financing? I was really hoping to try mobile home investing th...
David Krulac
"Home prices in real terms didn't increase"
"from 1890 to 1990. The American dream of building wealth through homeownership is a FALLACY. That was the bubble thinking but its still fresh in our minds."
Robert Shiller, Economist Yale University, and c...
Andy N.
Fire and my renter owes $2400. What would you do?
I am curious how other investors would handle this situation.One of my renters car caught on fire in the driveway of a duplex. The car burnt completely up down to the frame! There was some damage to my property. I...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Sept 28 - Oct 3, 2020)
Economic Update
(Yom Kippur Edition)
The second quarter of 2020 (April, May & June) was the mother of all economic contractions. Real GDP shrank at a 31.7% annual rate, the largest drop for any quarter since ...