Nathan Langdon
Raise Rent to Market or keep good Tenant?
I just closed on a duplex in April using FHA financing to do a house hack. The market rent for each of the units (both 3 bedroom + 2 full bath) is approximately $900 each. I have inherited the tenant living on the ot...
Yazan Ayyash
What is the minimum cashflow you would accept for a rental?
Brandon recently said that $200 of cashflow after expenses (including mortgage) on a house is a homerun. I am aware that different markets produce different results, but what is the minimum amount of cashflow you woul...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: What is your biggest challenge when analyzing a deal?
Welcome to our Question of the week! If you haven't voted in the poll, please do. We are talking about deal analysis this week. It seems to be challenging to commit to a deal if you aren't confident in your numbers. T...
Jack Tucker
What are your best "Special Stipulations" for leases?
Over the years of landlording and owning property in a college town, I have noticed that my Special Stipulations section in my leases have taken on some strange phrases and warnings to new tenants. It seems that e...
Johanna Athas
Contracting company threatening to place lien after shoddy work
Hi everyone,I hope I'm posting this in the correct forum. I really have no idea which category this would fall under, but this seemed like the most appropriate one. Here is our situation that I could really use a bi...
Duncan Banks
Thoughts on This property
I have been making an effort to get into my first Multi, but it is slim pickin's in my area (south/ east Massachusetts). It seems investors are scooping up the cherries before they hit the real estate websites. T...
Amy H.
NEGATIVE CASH ON CASH RETURN
hi, i am new to bigger pockets and have been doing a lot of rental property analyses using the tools. i cannot get a positive CoC return on any property i have analyzed. really need some help. i must be doing somethin...
Eric Miller
FIRST FLIP - $23,500 PROFIT
Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to give a full review of my first flip. I’ve had been lurking around BP for around 2 years now, and the amount of information is amazing. Here is the story on my first flip.I had ...
Mario Fernandez
is buying your first rental property out of state a good idea?
Hi guys. I'm wanting to get started on my first rental property but unfortunately can not afford anything in my back yard (California). was looking into out of state properties around the 80k range (which is the max I...
Kevin L.
tenant wants to paint
Coming up to renewal, the tenant is asking if he could re-paint the house at my expense because he doesn't like the color (only been 2 yrs since the tenant moved in). I told him no i can't pay for it. but he is insist...