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Hi all! I hope you are doing well. I am a young and inexperienced landlord looking to see what other landlords are doing for managing their portfolio. I recently househacked my way into my second property, and my firs...
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I'm thinking of buying this place and updating the kitchens and appliances to increase the cash flow. It is a duplex with 5 bedrooms 2.5 baths on one side and 3 bedrooms 1.5 baths on the other with a 1 bedroom suite i...
I believe I'm in the right forum here... I have two questions. (1) Based on my goals and the information below is my home worth renting out, and (2) If not, can anything be done to improve the numbers and situation?
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I am a new investor -- just bought my first single-family rental about six months ago. I would like to transition to multi-family as soon as I can save up enough capital. However, I just had a baby in September, and n...
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I was inspired by house hacking the spring of 2017 and made it my mission to live for free. the problem was that in Denver duplexes are way too expensive to make a traditional house hack a good idea. I had a really ...
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All,I am diving in the pool of real estate investing. I believe I have several options and would like advice on picking the best one. To help with the decision here is a little about my current situation. My wife and ...
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So we're a few flips in now and we've only used IKEA cabinets with the soft close hinges. They look good and work well but our contractors hate them due to the assembly time. We're probably getting dinged by the contr...
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Bill Gulley posted in another thread that he'd rather have "5 150K properties than 20 32K properties, all things considered. Generally, less maintenance, less management efforts, fewer collection problems, less vacanc...
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Hi everyone,I've been lurking here for a while, but haven't been ready to take action until now. I apologize up front if this post is disorganized, but I'm sure there are other people who are or have been in my shoes...
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Good Morning BP,My wife and I moved from Massachusetts to Virginia last summer for a job opportunity. We bought a house 4 months ago but just found out we are expecting. She is currently in grad school and will be una...