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Starting a vacation rental business is a potentially great way to grow personal wealth, even if you aren’t a homeowner or if you have bad credit. Making the business successful and maintaining good ratings, however, r...
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What is best way to manage a pest problem at one of your properties? Or a really good way of preventing it from happening?
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I have a potential applicant with a big dog (a Husky) for a room in a student rental/shared house that I had intended to be a "no pets" rental. I'm told that the dog is a seizure service animal for the young man, who...
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We bought a condo and moved in 5 days ago. Me, my wife, and 1yr old daughterInspector had found a small amount of mold under the sink in the inspection. Less than two square feet. Sent it to a lab and it tested as “pe...
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Welll as I posted before in the Fall, I have a flip property we bought and now it comes down to "what do we do, sell or not to sell?" Its a desirable neighborhood AND school district. We bought it for $82K, put $25K...
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Hey All!I am hoping I can get some feedback on this - I recently signed a new lease with two tenants that live in the lower unit of my duplex. One of them brought up that some of the caulking in their bathtub is crack...
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Good evening everyone. I finally took the first step to my learning curve in real estate investing. I've spent several years building up enough liquid cash to be able to do some things in the world of real estate. ...
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Hello everyone,My name is Patrick Britton and I am from Blaine, Washington - the closest large city however is Bellingham, Washington.My 9-to-5 occupation is as a certified mortgage planning specialist helping people ...
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It seems like such a gray area. From the research I’ve done, some go 12 months and some go 6 months. There are others who even stretch that and say there is nothing you can do if someone offers you a nice profit. Afte...
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Welcome to the frozen tundra known as DFW area. Home of Superbowl 45.
We don't get many winters like this around here. Last month I went around to all my rentals and checked on all pipes, insulation, and exterior s...