Chris Abkarians
Property Management: can you reduce cost with scale?
Hi all,I came across an interesting line in David Greene's "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" book. In it, he says that "Investors have leverage to negotiate better prices and services based on the size of their po...
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Bedbugs Bed Bugs - West Valley City Utah - side by side duplex
Just had a tenant move into one side of a duplex I manage. After the first night of sleeping on the carpet in the downstairs living room they were bitten by bed bugs that night as reported by the tenant. The prior ten...
John Kihm
Opinions on LVT Flooring
Looking for opinions on LVT flooring (especially in South Florida) for single family homes. Gaining popularity and worth it....or cheap an untasteful?
Ben Bakhshi
Selling equity shares of cashflow investment properties.
I am trying to raise funds and was suggested to offer equity in my properties at a 10 cap rate. So, if a property makes $8,000 NOI a year, at a 10 CAP its worth $80,000. Let's say I paid $50,000 or the property 3 mont...
Jon Klaus
What's in your lease concerning horses?
Though I have some country rentals, I haven't rented to tenants with horses. I'm considering doing so now. What provisions do you have about horses or other livestock? Limits of liability, fence and stable maintena...
Roger Doe
He refuses to sign the lease estoppel...
What do you fellow property managers do when a commercial tenant refuses to sign a lease estoppel?Recently, I've gotten a commercial tenant that has been particularly irksome even though the lease stipulates that a le...
Alexander Zurn
Smell in the air
BP, I am on the verge of my first purchase and have an important question. I'll get right to it.
When the wind blows, it picks up the smell from a waste management location about 3-4 miles away. How big of an issue i...
Michael Maloney
Creative financing for first time home buyer
I am a 22yo first time home buyer in Indianapolis looking to creatively fund my mortgage. My wife and I have thought about house hacking, but most of the duplexes and triplexes are in lower income areas where I do not...
Gil Lieblich
Do you ask your renters to get insurance?
In my most recent property the tenant had so much stuff with her and the area has some issues. I put in the lease that i asked the tenant to get renters insurance which she agreed to but i never asked for confirmation...
Kari D.
Advice on improving indoor air quality!
Seeking ideas and advice on how to improve indoor air quality. We have a cinderblock home built on a concrete slab from 1952. Have had IAQ tested twice and readings showed higher levels of Co2 (house was closed up pri...