Michael Taylor
Tenant Cried Fraud to get her rent back! Rent Charge Back
I am not sure if this post is me just venting, or use it as a warning to other landlords. I had a tenant whose business was shut down by the city of Chicago for unlawful activity in my commercial unit, to dispute th...
Vaden Hoffman
Will a LLC in Nevada protect my California asset?
Hello all, I'm not looking for, nor expect to get, legal advice but maybe someone can help me out. I have a couple of investments in California that I would like to put in their own LLC. California costs $800 per year...
Wesley W.
Umbrella policies for buy & hold
Because of numerous lender issues with LLCs, I've decided I want to try and protect my assets with an umbrella policy, for at least the present. I've read several threads on BP on this topic, and I'm still hitting th...
JR Woolf
Insurance issues with STVR
Has anyone ever had a problem getting a STVR insurance policy due to the fact that the property had a working fireplace? StateFarm said they could not underwrite a policy as a vacation rental if there was a working f...
Chris Price
Electrical Outlet Troubleshooting
Both outlets in the kitchen of one of my rental units stopped working. They are both GFCI outlets, and the one jumps from the other. I can't reset them. There are no other GFCI outlets that I can see that they might b...
Will Chitwood
Mortgage Company Requiring Insurance in Personal Name
We own all our properties in LLCs with mortgages in our personal names as we switched them to the LLC after purchase. We never had problems with mortgage companies accepting the insurance in our LLC names until this y...
Julie Groth
Contact Management Software
I searched the forums here but couldn't find this. In an effort to INCREASE my efficiency and to keep me of top of tasks that I know I should be doing but don't.
The 'efficiency and tracking' that I want to become ...
Yuri Shamsin
Life Insurance options
Hi all,a little off-topic but I think it is an important matter.So, the bank asks you to have Life Insurance to protect itself. It can be either your own or you can pay extra for your monthly mortgage payments.I happe...
Karen K.
Buying and Selling my Own Properties
My husband and I are starting our Investing business and I recently passed my MD real estate exam. I have yet to chose a broker because I am torn on what I want to do. My primary purpose for getting my license is fo...
Phil Wrigley
Help going solo
I hope this post finds you all well. I have been pondering a transition from using vacation rental management (Evolve) to independently managing my vacation rentals. While Evolve has been pretty reliable in terms of h...