Hello everyone, I will get straight to the point. I feel like I lose more leads to other agents than I close and that makes me sick.. I would say I get about 10-20 leads per month and get 5-10 to more than one convers...

This is a follow up to an earlier question I asked.  I had a previously excellent tenant break their lease.  We agreed she would continue to pay rent until a new tenant is found.  She is not low income.  We're adverti...

Hi Bigger Pockets,I ran into a problem yesterday with my first investment property that I am trying to purchase and I need some advice.Situation:The underwriter for my conventional loan is denying the loan based on th...

Hello! I’m pretty new to real-estate investing. I have one property that was silly easy to work with because my partner got it from his family a decade ago for a fraction of what it goes for today. I’m looking at gett...

...how do you work it out with the contractor? Do you go with them to buy supplies? Ask them to front the cost and once they deliver materials and show receipt you write them a cheque? Do you have them compile a li...

We have a SFR in Texas that is ~7 years old now. The carpet and paint were original, with a few small spots on the carpet before the tenant moved in. Those were cleaned after they moved in. Unfortunately I don't have ...

Hey guys,

I was wondering what the typical maintenance cost as a proportion of rent is.

Theoretically, if we do segregation analysis to see what the rate non building equipment depreciation is, that is our maintena...

Hello all,

We bought our most recent rental with cash and have been in the process of refinancing it for 3 months. Every time we think we'll close they come back and say the underwriter needs one more thing.

The ...

I bought my first investment property! Now I would like to hear different views on what I should do. I can put about 3k into and end up netting around 20k in a month. I can rent it "as is" through HUD, and cover th...

Hello all,
This is a follow up post to my previous post regarding the documents/items that I need to get from the PMC to self-manage the property (a SFH where a family currently resides there and will continue to do ...