Mike Toole
How to reject a tenant who meets all the criteria
Hi all,Let's say I have two prospective tenants who applied for my property. They both meet my criteria and all have good rental and criminal records. However, one appears to have a higher credit score than the other....
Kurt Schmid
Craigslist
I Craigslist a decent place to look for fixers, REOs, and FSBOs? Or is it just a place where investors try to dump bad deals? Does it vary by region? I am in Los Angeles/Orange County. Anybody with any experience d...
Mark Risley
Residential Marijuana Financing
Howdy Bigger Pockets Community!I am a real estate broker in Colorado and have had a few marijuana shop owners chat with me about financing a home purchase. Obviously conventional financing will not fly do to the feder...
Fady Riad
Loan & Cash Flow Question
Hi Everyone,I have a question about loans and making sure you're cash flow positive. I've doing all my calculations as if my loan interest is tax deductable and even though the principle is not I can claim depreciatio...
Corey Besner
Rental Applications, credit checks, background checks, and leases in Massachusetts.
Hi All!I am a newer landlord that recently bought a multifamily house in Malden, MA. When I bought the house the unit were already occupied. But now one of my tenants is moving out. Does anyone have some recommendatio...
Gabe N.
need advice on lawn maintenance
I need some advice on the following situation.
I am sorry for asking such a basic question, but unfortunately, I am still new to this and never dealt with this type of scenario before.I have a single family home that...
Joe Santiago
How to wholesale 50+ properties.
I have been working with an investor and he has recently told me that he would like me to sell 50 of his properties and that he would pay me a commision/finders fee. Since I am not an agent I'm not sure how this wo...
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Does this sound like a scam to you guys?
I was recently contacted by a company called Nu-Way real estate.
They claim that for an upfront fee of 5,000
They will train you to find prime foreclosures, give you a 1% finders fee when they take title to properties...
Michael Creamer
How to avoid personal income tax on rented 2nd home
I have a house that I have a mortgage on and it is listed in my name and I’m looking to find out information about how I can achieve better tax benefits for things like avoiding income tax for collecting rent and how ...
Roy Lam
Shared Garage for Storage
ust got a new tenant from section 8, after months of searching, finally , we settled on these three sisters. We thought since they are young, maybe they would not have much experiences. They only qualified for two be...