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If you are just starting out I suggest you don't fall into the cash flow trap. What is the cash flow trap? It starts with a picture of a guy with abs on a beach sipping a light beer next to a beautiful woman. Then a...
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I purchased a number of adjoining properties mid last year. This unit came tenant in place on their first year lease. My first lease renewal of 2016 comes up next month and PM suggested a 9+% rent increase. I was very...
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Recent tenant eviction, although they are rare in my world, they do occur once in a while, this one was like no other one before, tenants of (3) years, stopped paying the rent, we had to evict the tenant, the tenant m...
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I’ve been told for years investing in real estate is the way to go but never did. I have 150k in stocks at the moment that are currently dropping because of the Coronavirus epidemic and I’m looking to take my investme...
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Hello All, New Member With A Question,I'm hoping to tap the collective wisdom about our situation. We (myself and spouse) are relatively new to landlording, say between 1-2 years (5+ years if you include renting to f...
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Hi -- I'm new here and just getting to know my way around, but figured I'd jump in and ask the community for advice/opinions on my situation:I have a SFR rental property that I've been holding since prior to the downt...
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Fully rented upstairs/downstairs duplex in a village setting about 45 min from a mid-sized city. Each unit rents at $600/mo for a total of $1200 gross income monthly. Utilities are separately metered and paid by ...
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Looks like short term rates are going to come back down .. and long term rates have come back down.do you all think this is going to extend this run.. or why would be go into recession in the short term.people have be...
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Are you open minded?I have had several conversations recently with BP members and during the conversation I mentioned that I was always open to looking at any and all opportunities. Reflecting upon this statement, I ...