Nate Shields
**The Realities of House Hacking: What You Need to Know**
House hacking is often promoted as the easiest way to get into real estate—buy a property, rent out part of it, and let tenants cover your mortgage. Sounds perfect, right? The reality is, while house hacking can be a ...
Shane Pico
Seller wont release EMD and is threatening to sue me
Hello all and thank you for any help!
I attempted to buy my first STR and it hasn't gone perfectly... But at least I've learned a lot so far! I am now at a place where it feels like I need a lawyer or at least some l...
Ana Vergara
Is it worth is to lower rent to have less tenants when house hacking?
Hello!
We bought a duplex in Saint Paul, Minnesota and have it marketed at $1375. It's an up down duplex and my husband and I live in the bottom unit. So far we have two different groups interested. One is a group o...
Nick Robinson
Maintenance fund for larger multifamily
Quick question for my apartment owners. How much money do you set aside for maintenance? For single family houses I usually plan on keeping 10% of the purchase price. For example $100,000 keep a maintenance fund aroun...
Daniel Yip
Tenants Break Up - But BOTH Want To Stay - What should I do?
All, I have a sticky situation. Any advise would be appreciated.My tenants (boyfriend, girlfriend) have broken up ... the man is the sole bread winner. The woman stays home to care for the kids (they are of a mixed f...
Eric Andrekopoulos
Investor Off loading portfolio but doesn't want to seller finance.
Hey BP Fam,
I currently have a local investor looking to exit his rental business within the next 5 years because he's older in age. So he wants to sell all of his properties. A vast majority of them have 100% equi...
Celena Strong
Help Me Build My Team
Hello all. I am just starting out with real estate investing. I just set up my LLC (received EIN #s today!) and want to hit the ground running asap. I will need some investor connects in the DMV area. So far I hav...
Account Closed
Best way to have tenant pay for heat?
I have a duplex (I live in half) with completely separate utilities and fuel oil furnaces. I'm tying to figure out the best system for my tenant to pay for his fuel usage. The way I see it I have two options:1) Work w...
Neil Hauger
Tenant complains neighbor snores through wall!
I have a TRi plex. The tenant in the middle unit recently sent me an audio recording of his neighbor snoring. Seems their master bedrooms share a wall and the snoring can be heard through the wall an it is keeping him...
Allen Wu
Sell or not sell? Los Angeles, CA area.
Hello BPers,Due to recent rise in the market, I wanted to run the potential options to see what other “long buy and hold investors” are doing. What are your thoughts on potential strategies below? Appreciate your inpu...