Bryan Hancock
Designing Around Restrictive Covenant Risk When Purchasing Land
We have a purchase contract for a lot in Austin that we're planning to build a duplex on. We recently received a title commitment and Schedule B shows an exception for some restrictive covenants from 1948. These wer...
Alyssa Lebetsamer
Tenant has a super messy front porch - can I MAKE her clean it?
Hi y'all! So my husband and I are going back and forth on this... one of our tenants uses her front porch area as storage. It is a MESS and is very unsightly. My husband wants to write her an official letter demanding...
Gregory Massi
Top 5 for lease agreements
Hello everyone. I am purchasing my first investment property in two weeks and was wondering what are your top 5 rules/policies/terms that you like to include in your lease agreement (that aren't found in the typical l...
Manolo D.
Requirements from a developer
Am about to bid on a project larger than my capacity, what do developers require if I bid $xxx,xxx and will put 30% DP upon NOA or NTP. I have never worked with this developer so I am anxious to put the 30% DP on my p...
Jane Z.
Rent payment affected by tenant paycheck schedule change
I have one tenant who has been on time with rent payment since the start of her lease in January. However, since her paycheck schedule changed from 15th/30th to every other Friday in Nov, she has difficulty to pay ...
Loren Thomas
New member from Seattle area
Hello!I've been lurking here for a couple weeks, nearest I can figure BiggerPockets looks to be a huge resource in so many different ways. Great, great website with so many knowledgeable people. I came across the podc...
Jeff Filali
Why do so many Landlords not maintain their properties?
I've only been in this business a few years, but have purchased a lot of deals. Mostly from motivated homeowners, and bank foreclosures, which I understand and expect many of those to be in bad condition. But lately...
Joe Rinella
Buy a rental property and transfer to LLC?
Hi everyone,I'm considering putting an offer on a 4 unit rental property. This will be my first real estate investment if it goes through. I don’t want to live in it so I'm going to do 25% downpayment. I want to open ...
Nathan Gesner
Half of LA Short-Term Rentals Breaking the Law?
https://laist.com/news/housing...
According to this article, a recent study showed nearly half of the LA short-term rentals were in violation of the law. LA collected $40,000 in fines last year, but could have collec...
Nicio Evertz
Aspiring multifamily syndicator
Greetings, I am an aspiring multifamily RE syndicator. I have not done any deals, so one of my major barriers is my lack of experience. I was thinking of creating like a website for potential investors, that way I can...