Joes Juan
Flood Insurance / Elevation certificate
Hey Everyone,Wanted to reach out to see if anyone can assist us in our current situation.Situation: Closing on a 12 unit property in Hampton, NH this week. We are getting quotes of flood insurance around $10,000. We b...
John Cicilioni
Collecting Rent from The Unbanked
Hello,We own 43 doors, mostly class C. I've read every thread and article I could find about how to efficiently collect rent. Many of our tenants do not have a bank account, none of them have any savings to speak of...
Grant Wieczorek
You can go section 8 and juice your NOI???
I read a listing that described a property with a tenant base of approx 30% subsidized that stated there was significant upside to declare the property section 8. How's that work? Market rent's won't command higher ...
Lane Kawaoka
Takeaways from the list of 2018 Tax changes:
1) Standard deduction and personal exemption combined and seems like everyone is getting more... so its a wash IMHO.2) Less deductions for those who don't have a business like real estate investments. Sigh... it just ...
Thomas Musser
The Future of Green Construction: Passive house
In the heart of central Pennsylvania I am overseeing a 60 unit, multi-family, town home flats project that sets the standard for energy efficient construction 70% higher than a LEED certification. The simplest way to...
Chance Cooper
What Happens When I Inherit My Dads "USDA Home"
My Father has owned a home since 1995 and he purchased it with some sort of USDA Program or Farmers Market Home (Ive heard him talk about it). Its some sort of government loan that he qualified for based on his income...
Bryce P.
Hello from Chicago! Arts non-profit investing in its future.
Hello from the windiest of cities!My name's Bryce and my wife's is Kendra. Together we are in the process of incorporating and registering a 501c3 community arts non-profit. In brief, we seek to offer mixed discipline...
Robert Pflueger
Security Deposit Agreement to Rent / Sale of property
In California:I put a down payment for a rental property security deposit as asked by the property owner to secure the rental and continue with section 8 housing inspection procedures. This was on 3/24/16 the deposit ...
Adrian Dominguez
Looking to rent my rental house out to tenants with section 8
HI All,
I just purchased a property 3 bed 1 bath and will be renting it out. I think I want to rent this property out to tenants that have section 8 . I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this ? And if s...
Kimberly T.
Can "having a job" be part of your tenant screening criteria?
Hear me out.
Let's say part of your screening criteria is a minimum of 3x rent as income. In CA and some (all?) other states, you cannot discriminate based on source of income. That means if the prospective...