John Seelig
Big Picture - Renting out a home with equity advice
I'm sure this is in the forums already. I'm not good at searching apparently. Apologies.We are modest W2 earners, 250k combined, I want to take my family home in San Diego worth around 700K, with 200K in equity, and r...
Gavin Spuck
Newbie from Rochester NY
Hello Real Estate Friends!I'm a late 20 something with an awesome wife as a business partner and soon to be 3 kids. I currently work as a General Manager of a restaurant, but I have much bigger dreams for me and my fa...
Carmen Falcone
Cheap real estate - Bad area.
I'm currently looking for my first investment property in North Eastern Pennsylvania. One of the properties I am looking at consists of 3 buildings and 7 units total. The asking price for this property is $85,000. Sou...
Andrea Campo
Investing in townhouses?
Hello everyone,I recently moved to the US from abroad, I would like to start investing in real estate and I was wondering if investing in townhouses would be a good idea.The pros are that there are many in my area, it...
Chris Connery
Multi use buildings vs multi family apartments
I'm currently evaluating a 3 unit multi use building. Two apartments and one retail space on the main floor (barber shop) all units currently rented. It's in a very nice area of town where there are very few closed bu...
Tim Thompson
Destroyed Property during Domestic Disturbance
Hey All,
I need some advice. I manage my only rental. My tenant texted to let me know there was a domestic disturbance and her boyfriend destroyed the house. Not sure the extent but f the damage yet but the few th...
Wai Chan
Providing tenant alternate accommodation when i need to fix the house
There is some deferred maintenance tenant want me to take care of in the bathroom and kitchen in a 2 bedroom/1 bathroom house. The work should take about 4-5 days. The work is pretty extensive so I want tenant to move...
Karen Dayley
Too many adults
We have received a rental application from a couple who probably would meet our financial rental criteria but they have listed that another family will be living with them. They are US citizens and will be sponsoring ...
Mark Davis
Hiring uninsured contractors
What are the risks of hiring a contractor who is not insured?
Ann Bellamy
Is reliance on Section 8 an increased risk?
A recently trending thread started by @Brandon Turner discussed accepting section 8 from an existing tenant but having to accept a reduced rate as a consequence. One of the comments made by Jonathan Cope recommended ...