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Leon Lee Standard Practice on Dealing with Fraudulent Payments on Guests
7 February 2022 | 6 replies

Hi, Fellow STR operators
I have a question on fraudulent payments from STR guests and wonder whether you all have a standard practice dealing with such situations:
We have some units in the rough part of the town an...

Steve James Real Estate Investor Bookkeeping Techniques/Services
9 March 2018 | 4 replies

Hello,Curious about how other investors, say 25 units or less, manage their bookkeeping needs. We have developed a pretty effective, but cumbersome excel process, but are now looking to really streamline things from a...

Account Closed $2,500 De Minimis Safe Harbor Election - per project or total?
9 February 2020 | 4 replies

Hi everyone, I closed on a property last week, listed it for rent the day of closing, and am performing some minor changes before it is rented. Based on my understanding of @Brandon Hall BARRRR stategy,  since the pro...

Marlon Balogh Materials Fraud and How it can occur!
6 September 2020 | 5 replies

As a forensic accountant and fraud examiner, I have dealt with numerous cases in which a land owner and general contractor face disputes with one another 1. Over the amounts of materials actually purchased and used fo...

Rick Novotny Utilities & Property Managers
5 June 2019 | 7 replies

Utilities in my investment market are a giant pain. I call for revert-to-owner, they mess it up, the tenant turns off utilities and then it doesn't revert. Do management companies typically handle the utility companie...

Paoola Sefair Changing Property Management Companies
15 August 2017 | 8 replies

Hello fellow landlords,Looking for your guidance about how to facilitate and minimize any impact during a property management transition.  - what documents should i ask from the current property manager (beyond: lease...

Dan Clark itemized list of contractor material & labor costs
15 February 2016 | 31 replies

I have just rehabbed a home in San Antonio, TX. I will be selling this home soon. It is now under contract. I did not use a GC for this rehab. I had my RE agent act as the project manager. The problem I have is that ...

Charles Bailey When to or when not to pay contractors
11 April 2022 | 27 replies

When should you pay a contractor? Should you pay them in increments, with a deposit in the beginning, again midway through the project and lastly once the project is complete? Or is there a better way to protect both ...

David B. Contractor suddenly over budget by 40%
28 March 2023 | 27 replies

Hi everyone I’m in the middle of my first flip. I locked up a single family home (roughly 2600 sq feet) with 5 beds and 3 baths for $454,000.The ARV for the area tells us we can probably sell the house for 685-700k on...

Barrett Lund Lost All Faith in Contractor - What Are My Options?
21 November 2022 | 13 replies

Apologies in advance if this is the wrong area to post. I am pretty fed up with my contractor and would like some advice on what my available options are. I started the renovation/remodel of my four unit complex in Ap...