Alex Sloan
Incorporating Energy Efficiency Into Real Estate
Hi everyone, what are your thoughts on incorporating comprehensive Energy Efficiency upgrades into residential real estate sales and also investment strategies? For example, upgrading all lightbulbs to LEDs, appliance...
Sandra S.
Overwhelmed yet hopeful in Tucson
Hello All, We are an early 30's childless (except for two fur babies) married couple who recently moved to Tucson from New York City. We are new to investing, and trying to soak up as much information as possible. Fee...
Shiloh Lundahl
Why you shouldn’t jump into real estate hoping to avoid a job
On a lot of new investor posts, I read that they want to replace their full time income with passive income from real estate investing. Which all in all is not a bad thing but I think their time frames to do this is n...
Pixel Rogue
Can rental income be used to contribute to retirement...explained inside...
As an independent contractor years back I was able to exceed traditional 401k limits w/super/megaroth. This was glorious. Since then the company which provided the solo 401k was acquired, rules changed so that now (in...
Takeshi Yashima
Bookkeeping for rental property
Hi everyone,
I am wondering how you guys are doing accounting and bookkeeping for your rentals, doing by yourself, hiring bookkeeper or hiring accountant? I am currently managing the bookkeeping and accounting mysel...
Carlos Ptriawan
Illegitimate bill from PMC
Two years ago I had to replace the HVAC, and got bid from Company A that was business partner of my PMC. But I end up using HVAC quotes from totally different company.Fast forward today, that HVAC Company A submit a b...
Samari Robinson
How to find out the utility bills for a property ??
I'm trying to run some numbers on a rental property but I'm getting stuck on the utility (water) bill. Do I assume a number?? Or do I ask the listing agent or contact the utility company for that area ?? Or contact th...
Chris G.
Utily charge for tenants
I was wondering if anyone had a better insight on this issue. We have a deal with the owners that anything over $200 per month on utilities the tenants pay. So if there's 3 tenants in the unit and the utility bill is ...
Liz Faber
Is My Landlord Scamming Me?
Hello,I leased a bedroom in my landlord’s home in San Francisco about three months ago. My roommate and I signed a six month lease that is done on December 1, 2018, and we share the single room. The lease includes a...
Vin L.
Landlord Never Changed Electricity Account - Required to Pay?
Hello,Recently moved to a condo unit that was available for LEASE in Los Angeles, California using a Property Manager. Upon the CAR FORM LEASE, it states that tenant is responsible for electricity under paragraph 9 f...