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1. Did you buy your property as an established STR property?2. If not, how did you decide that renting as a STR would be more profitable than a LTR?
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Hello, my uncle is 89. He is deeding a house to me that he owns & collects run on. It's paid off and brings money in. The tenant is an older woman has been in it for years! Like 10 or more years and not trying...
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Hi all,
I'm currently looking at a two family duplex in the NYC tri-state area. This is a very desirable area with a lot of young professionals commuting to the city, and people looking to start families.
One thing...
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Hey BG community,It's that time of the year again for taxes! Since I only had a W-2 and one rental property income, so it looked straight forward enough to do it all by myself on TurboTax, right? By pure procrastinati...
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I just became of age to get my real estate license. I really want to start working in real estate. I was wondering where and how I should start in the most cost affective manner.
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We are first time landlords and our tenant is moving in this week. We already did the walk through inspection and gave her the keys. However, we Just received a text from her that the "cat smell" is causing a severe r...
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I have an apartment complex in which one of my tenants has apparently gotten bed bugs. She told my office manager two months ago. As soon as she told the office mgr, the office mgr called me. I immediately calle...
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Tenant called last night. Kitchen wall cabinet fell when wife was opening it. I went over there, and two, two-door cabinets were in the floor with a pile of broken stoneware, ceramic mugs, and glasses. Tenant (the ...
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Hi everyone! 'Hope everyone is staying healthy and doing well. I own condos and one of my tenants has had a growing brown banded cockroach problem for about the last 4 months. My tenants are extremely clean and vigi...
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We live in Ft Lauderdale, but have ties in the Tampa/Clearwater area and have been there many times. This year we will be intensely focused on building a passive income portfolio in Florida. Areas we're currently cons...