Kevin K.
First rental property help!!
hello, we are relocating and I would like to turn our current home into a rental. We are in the Austin area and expect the market to continue higher.We have a deck that has started to degrade with rotten boards and ...
Sean Mooneyham
Aspiring Agent with some Questions.
Hello,
I'm currently a construction worker, been so for 10 years now and I'm absolutely sick of my job. It's dirty, it's loud, and dangerous. I would like to live past 63, and I'm tired of sitting in a porta-john. I h...
Charito Mattson
First Real Estate Investment
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) other investment in Lakewood.
Purchase price: $410,000
Cash invested: $17,000
We made a mistake on this purchase. We are negative on our numbers. It's ...
Marc Mahadeo
Increase of Rents with Increase in Property Management Income
Question to the BP Network-
With the steep increase in rents in the marketplace. Is anyone seeing adjustments to Property Management fee percentages? What is fair? At what volume should a discount be discussed? 10...
Bill Gulley
Boredum, what do you do?
I just mentioned in another thread that boredum was probably the reason for my varied experience. Thinking back, when I got out of the military I was an agent for Metropolitian Insurance. I had a sales manager who tol...
YiBing T.
Montgomery County Maryland Eviction Process
Hello,We have a rental property in Gaithersburg MD, the tenant is refusing to pay rent. We have started the Failure to Pay Rent process, won the case, but as of today, the tenant is still living at the property. We ca...
David Moore
Minneapolis Renter First Housing Policy
Anyone notice the Minneapolis City Council passed Renter-First Housing Policy today? In the words of Mayor Frey, who actually is a good mayor, IMO, "Protecting Tenants rights is key to successfully addressing our af...
Jerry Poon
How to fight insurance claim denial?
A storm a month ago or so knocked half a tree down. The tree fell right next to a rental and the force took down an entire wall. The damage is about $15k.I contacted our insurance and they are denying our claim, citin...
Leslie A.
Negative perception of Trailers/Trailer Parks
I've been around these boards for a few years now and I've noticed a few things. One is that people have presuppositions about different asset classes. Namely, low-income housing and Mobile Homes/Mobile Home Parks. ...
Cole Stamer
Ready to buy my first investment property
My wife and I started saving and building our credit a year and a half ago after talking to a lender to figure out our trajectory to buying our first property.
With our credit score in the high 700s and our savings...