Kurt Charles
RE wholesaling in Florida is highly illegal?
Hello all. After many hours/weeks of research and communication with members on BP, I decided to go ahead and get my RE license for different reasons that will aid my personal goals in RE investing. I was considering ...
Kelly M.
Review/Assessment of Electronic Rent Payment Services
I have been using Sparkrent for a few months and have liked it on the landlord side, but I have had 3 tenants that all have stumbled at one point using it on the tenant side. I decided to look for another service.I d...
Daniel Goldfinger
Looking for Feedback on My Next Move in Life
My partners and I in Salt Lake City, UT are getting ready to head out to Cleveland to look at some properties to invest in, and at the same time, I am separately preparing to buy my own first property on my own. I’ve ...
Joe Kim
help: sensitive tenant with HIGH maintenance cost
Question: #1 What to do with a "sensitive" tenant who is requesting a lot of maintenance on my property which is being managed by a property manager?#2 How do I know if this is due to a "bad" property, poor rehabing,...
Mike Buckley
Turning down tenant requests
Looking for some advice on how to turn down tenant requests. I would like to consider myself a "great" landlord. I take care of problems immediately and always think "what if I was living there what would I like to s...
Seth Hersom
Junior in college. How soon can I get started?
I am a junior in college at the University of Northern Iowa. Currently I am a Accounting & Finance major and on track to take the CPA exam the spring of 2018. My first question is: Is the CPA route the route I sho...
Gary Onstad
Self directed IRA
I'm having trouble figuring out how I would manage a property using funds from a self directed IRA. If I use an IRA I have a transaction fee ($35) every time it writes a check. So $30 to mow the lawn becomes $65 expen...
Diana T.
Don't have the Down Payment but want to own rental property
I've been dying to get into the real estate business. I have sufficient drive, credit, income, and handymen in my life to make it happen today. My only issue right now is the huge down payment required on a rental p...
Tony G
fork in the road
I currently have a job with a 55k salary, which i'm highly considering to give my two weeks due to the high stress level and overall a bad company to work for. My only motivation to go into work is to save more money ...
Faisal Sami
Experienced Out of Town Landlord vs. Property Manager. Who wins?
Who would have more BOTTOM LINE PROFIT at end of the month?Experienced Out of town landlord vs. "turn key" Property manager ?Assumptions1. Each has EXACT same hypothetical properties to manage2. Properties are in "C" ...