Aditya Maini
House hacking by living in basement in Northern Virginia (NoVA)
I am 26 year old living in NOVA area and will likely stay here for the foreseeable future. I currently pay only $900/mo in rent, but I am considering buying a townhome for $350-400k, living in the basement and renting...
Kelvin Fernandez
CLOSING ON MY FIRST MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL PROPERTY
Hello everyone!First ever post :)I'm super excited to be closing on my first rental property on Monday and wanted some advice to prepare and start this new chapter as a landlord. Looking for some feedback or advice on...
John Richardson
40k Cash but no proof of income. Been working abroad for past 5 years
Well I'm moving back to the USA soon and would like to buy a fourplex for around 200k with a 20% down payment. However I have been living and working abroad for the past 5 years and have no proof of income in the USA...
Tanner McGrew
The NIGHTMARE of closing a deal overseas as a beginner
I will try to keep this short, but unlikely lol!
I am from the United States, WV specifically, but I live overseas playing basketball for 9-10 months out of the year. We were in the process of closi...
Ed Winczowski
What CRM are you using?
Hello:New agent here and I'm searching for an easy to use CRM that is low cost to get me started. Free would be even better. I do plan on using it for email blast and would hope it would integrate with my Facebook/e...
Nathan Speary
Airbnb vs Vrbo, eggs in one basket, and rankings
I’ve gots ground STR business. A few years ago I had about 40% of my bookings coming from VRBO but airBnB gained significant traction, and soon 95% of my bookings were from AirBnB with a 90% occupancy rate. Sounds go...
Israel Ramirez
Bird Dogs
Hey investors,
I'm interested in branching out to bird dogs for help sourcing more leads. As far as I've heard just pay them $500 per deal closed. Now I have tried this before by posting Craigslist ads and was floo...
Cooper B.
Method to search for properties underpriced for the area
I am wondering what methods people have found most efficient and effective for searching for listed properties in an area that are priced lower than the surrounding homes.
I bought a car recently and there wa...
Doug McLeod
Sticky issue - Honey Bee infestation in Houston
I'd like to give a shout out to two local companies in Houston that helped me out. I had a honey bee infestation at one of my rent houses. I called an exterminating company I had used before who had great service (B...
David A.
Do you disqualify a tenant with a criminal background?
I am screening a tenant but there are various red flags on the mysmartmove report. First is about a 20k credit card debt but also a 5 year probation for theft $20k. Do you or have you ever accepted a tenant with a ...