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I got a hold of a small inheritance money ($40k) and I want to invest in real estate in south florida, hopefully this will be the stepping stone to get into real estate investing as I am tired of my high stress 10 ho...
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Everyone says how important screening tenants is. Experts, what grade of property do you rent, and what are your tenant standards?Income 3x rent?A certain credit score?Evictions/evictions filed?Criminal history?Bankru...
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Im actively seeking new tenants right now for a property, since we are dealing with no evictions through 2020, how are you fellow landlords avoiding tenants who may (most likely not, but possible) try to take advantag...
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Good evening fellow landlords!While doing some website updates, and working on our application form, a thought occurred to me - I'm not sure what purpose collecting Social Security Numbers on applications serves anymo...
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landlords, what do you do with storm doors? keep them? take them off?
i kept them on the last house and while they were moving, the rear door fell off and almost hit the mover. it bent the corner of the door and aft...
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So I've been using this property management firm for a few years now and we had our first real "tenant damage" between tenants (I guess this timeframe is considered turning, not flipping, but if you have a better term...
What qualities should you look for in finding an agent? What questions should I ask to vet them?Over the last 3 months, I have called agencies here in my city and " TRIED " to inquire about multi family properties .I ...
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Together @Amelia McGee and I self-manage 60+ units and have a wealth of experience in landlording. We believe learning how to be a self-managing landlord will be instrumental in starting and scaling your real estate ...
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New investor here trying to stay in my local market (Dayton, OH).
Since I've started looking for my first deal I've come across a few section 8 properties that seem to pencil, but I'm a bit loath to jump into that ki...
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Just kidding, that would be dumb.
I recently brought up my interest in obtaining some BP threads(this is slang for clothes for you older folk). Josh keeps telling me get back to him next week :/
I know Josh has a l...