Mel Hayes
Question: what are your principals for investing out of state?
Question for experienced investors who invest in rental properties out of state: what is your process? Do you buy fixer uppers? If so how do you oversee the rehab? How do you deal with property management? Do you onl...
Aaron Mazzrillo
Converting Apartment Bldg from Oil Heat to Nat. Gas
I have a 3 unit apt bldg in MA, what is commonly referred to as a 'triple-decker' out there. It is currently heated by and oil burning furnace. After some investigation, I have discovered a program that will lend prop...
Walter Hammond
Multi-family Analysis Questions in Cincinnati
I am looking at a4 family in Bondhill (neighborhood of Cincinnati, OH). The neighborhood is NOT very good. Not dangerous, but not desirable. Both building are owned free and clear. There are close restaurants and ...
David K.
Tenants falling behind
Do you ever let good tenants (keep units in good shape, get along with people etc) fall behind in rent without doing evictions when you have many units? For instance the cost of a turnover usually is a few thousand, ...
Adam Butt
Would you buy a property without viewing in-person?
As quoted by some of the great titans throughout history, time is the most valuable asset that people possess. Time spent on viewing and maintaining a property can be leveraged towards finding your next deal and build...
Jessica James
Going to school to learn how to do it all myself. Realistic?
After a pipe broke in the attic of my two story multi-home, I faced a lot of issues with my general contractor and plumber in particular. Leaks still prevalent in pipes and refusing to fix them, contractors worker and...
Elizabeth O.
Selling a rental property owned less than a year
Hi! I'm a new member trying to decide whether to sell a rental property and would appreciate any opinions.
The property is a SFR in San Francisco. It has 2/1 upstairs in the main house and 2/1 downstairs as a...
Tim Hoskins
Questions about renting out my current home, and getting another mortgage on a second home.
I have done a lot of research about this, and what I know isn't a lot.
I know I can't have more than one FHA loan at a time and I have to live in the FHA loaned home. I currently have an FHA loan on my home. My inter...
Randy B.
Does updating a rental property tend to bring a higher caliber of renter?
We have two 4/2.5 SFRs in Murrieta, CA that were built in 1988. They have never been updated so they still have those ugly oak cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms as well as the old fixtures and plastic shower/tubs ...
Nicholas W.
This BRRRR thing really does work, with pictures
First a little bit of background on the house: it is a 3 bed 1.5 bath cape cod, in an older neighborhood of a class A suburb outside of Milwaukee. It was listed on the MLS, had been bank owned for about 5 years and wa...