Natalie Z.
Firing Property Manager mid-lease - is there a how to checklist?
CA SFH, tenants in the property for 2+ years. All seems great with the tenants as far as I know. No late payments or maintenance requests. My issue is with the Property Manager. Specifically 2 areas: 1. Ive asked mult...
Mellissa Ruiz
Struggling to find tenant
I just bought my first rental property about two months ago. I put the property up for rent just over a month ago. I’ve had many inquiries and only one application that did not meet my qualification standards. Going o...
Brandon B.
Investing in San Diego
Hey BP community.
I am a 1031 exchange accommodator in San Diego and get to see quite a few of the transactions in San Diego county and am involved in a fair amount.
As I give advice to clients, I always want to m...
Mauricio Botero
How do you fit a half bath in a narrow row house?
Hello BP,I have been looking at investing in North Philadelphia (Fishtown, Port Richmond, etc) and one thing I quickly learned is that most of these older row houses do not have a half bath on the first floor. I also ...
Daniel Alvarez
Cash-out refi of rental property
I asked a broker to quote a refi for one of my properties both as a rental and as a primary, to see what gives. The only difference was the interest rate on the rental was 62.5bps higher. I was anticipating a higher r...
Lupe Arredondo
Is 1200 house too small?
I need some insight and opinions. My partners and I are trying to decide on building house that will be affordable to end users $100K-$130K, but "easy" on the pocket.We are currently think of building multiple small ...
Alex Verdugo
Tri Plex in Tucson, AZ Help me analyze this deal
I have run this report a few different times and always end up with a negative cash flow. I can see the problem is mainly with the insurance that I would have to have on the property. Most insurance companies I've t...
Brian Oney
To Upgrade or Not for Selling?
We are currently working on preparing our former first-home-turned-rental-house to sell. We are getting a new exterior paint job and touching up the outside (replacing broken sidewalk and fixing negative drainage)....
Paul Winka
Can't get in the house because seller says it will disturb tenants?
How do you handle it when a prospective property is for sale, and the seller tells you that the tenants inside can’t be disturbed for you to do your walk-through? The seller says he does not want the tenants to know t...
Ken Konecny
Pains of self managing
If you self manage your rental property(s), what are the three biggest pains you deal with on a regular basis?