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Good Morning allAbout to close on first rental. It's a duplex with tenants already in place. Looking for any thoughts or advice for things I may not have thought of.Still weeding through apps for management. avail, te...
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Hello friends,
I'm a part-time investor and my experience up until now has been with buy and hold apartments and landlording... I'm beginning to get people approaching me about finding properties to invest in (for t...
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Has any one invested through Real Estate Crowd funding platforms. So may sites have popped up during last few years, is 12-15% returns real?
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I have a multiunit (6 units). The condo association is the worst I have seen. They don't send invoices for association fees and there is no web site to track account. Sometimes they just don't cash out the checks whic...
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Hi all! I am new to real estate investing. my plan is to own multiple properties and rent them out. I am in the NY/NJ area. originally I wanted to focus on multi-families but in my area that is very difficult right no...
Have been looking into what it takes to qualify, and reading posts from others on the subject.I now understand that even if you work in a real estate related trade or service as a W2 employee, you need to own 5% of th...
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I understand that creating a fund is expensive (mid 5 figures) and subject to SEC regulation. What are the issues beyond that? An experienced investor started to tell us at the last REIA about how there is significant...
Tenants broke lease earlier, left without leaving forwarding address. We cleaned up the property, found some fleas and dead bedbugs on the belongings left behind ( sorry if I made you itchy ). I know I probably need t...
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Hi guys!I am just starting out in the rental business! I have a few questions pertaining to background checks and leasing apps.#1. Where can I find a background check application for my future tenants, and what sites ...
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I always prefer to do all documents in person, and make the time to obtain the signatures in person. But to make copies for them and myself, it is much more convenient to do the email thing, even though I don't pre...