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I have one side of a duplex that I rent out. I used to live there personally until I moved to a single family home about a year ago. My problem is that I have some debt that is making my financial situation very tight...
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Recently I had to file an insurance claim on one of my buildings: There was a break in and vandals cut away copper pipes throughout the utility area/basement. A lot of money had to be spent to restore water service ...
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I am purchasing a property that has two single-family houses on it. They share a driveway and are located on three acres of land. My question is as follows: How do you recommend splitting the maintenance (cutting the ...
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Last year, my neighbors pine trees were hit by lightning and the trees died. The neighbors made no effort to trim or cut down trees. Last week we had a storm, the dead trees broke off at top and damaged my property. I...
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Continuing from my other thread, I'd thought I would toss out some other things we are doing to innovate in the industry, and see what you are doing, if anything?We use economy of scale to generate additional income f...
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@Sam Grooms and I syndicate apartments in Phoenix. IN that I am sure you are hearing lots of different things from lots of different people, which can confuse and paralyze the mind, I thought a bit of concrete good ne...
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Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a weekly frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, no A...
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Hello! This question is mostly targeted to landlords and investors but would love to hear input from anyone. How do you receive project updates from your property manager or handyman? For example, if something is brok...
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I bought a house in Kansas City, MO last year and noticed that the driveway had significant issues. It has large cracks and is uneven due to an extremely large tree growing right next to it. By large, i mean a diame...
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Hello All, I'm a new member here at BP and I'm looking to turn my starter home into a rental to help parlay this into additional properties and my next home. I've had the house for 2 years now (hard to believe how fas...