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Results (106)
Andrew Carlson My tenant might be a prostitute
26 August 2024 | 73 replies

The tenants ‘boyfriend’ leaves the property and oddly enough, another male shows up for a short amount of time. This happens regularly, according to the on-site care taker of the property. There’s either drug dealing,...

Account Closed Another would you rent to this person scenario
28 February 2014 | 16 replies

As always I turn to this forum with a scenario. Potential renters with 100k in the bank. Self Employed and appears last rental location was owned by a brother. On the rental application they put the first name of t...

Jason Schmidt Buying 1, paying it off, buying another, paying it off ... am i alone?
25 October 2008 | 45 replies

My methodology is very very conservative. A lot more conservative than many here. Most are using other peoples money, and taking equity out of houses to buy another, etc. I just really don't want to get to a point ...

Dan K. Cash Flow vs. Equity Growth: What's more important?
2 October 2020 | 28 replies

I've invested in both Cash flow markets and equity returns markets for the last 15 years.  The cash flow markets were in Kansas and Texas. The equity markets were in California.  While the cash flow markets (Texas and...

Jack B. Tenant wants to get room mate due to rent increase
3 July 2016 | 10 replies

I am raising the rent by $200 a month while still renting $200 a month below market. Basically right now I'm GIVING away $400 a month. I split the difference with the tenant since she's been there a couple years and i...

Gregory Cudzilo What areas in VA are on the up and up?
11 February 2020 | 20 replies

With the Amazon HQ2 move to Crystal City projected for 2023, what housing markets appear to be heating up in VA? I feel like now is a good time to look for a single family buy and hold or duplex/triplex before Amazon ...

Account Closed GET RICH QUICK, SLOW, COMFORTABLY, OR NEVER?
14 January 2019 | 21 replies

Is it almost always bad to get rich quick? What ethics go into getting rich slow, or with less risk? If anyone is a get rich quick personality, what traits make you that way? Or the get rich slow people? I’d say ...

Mark Key Alt-A Problem is bigger than sub-prime
6 July 2008 | 15 replies

There are 500k sub-prime loans out there right now 41% of them are in default with late payments not to mention all the forclosures,and there are 700k Alt-A laons 54% of all of them were cash out refi the biggest co...

Vincent G. How to deny qualified applicants?
26 October 2019 | 23 replies

Can someone please share experiences of denying qualified applicants? If there are multiple applicants who meet the minimum qualifications, how do we take the preferred one and deny the rest applicants the right way?

Louis A. Advice Needed: Rental Applicant with Credit Issues
10 May 2015 | 15 replies

Ok, so I've been debating this all day and I need some help from the community.I have a married couple who want to rent one of my units and they seem very nice, but they have a checkered past with Credit.Here is the s...