Jan H.
Lease extension with old and added (new) tenants
Hello BP community, This is going to be a long-winded post, so please bare with me...:)A 24-month lease is coming up for renewal for one of our properties and before I agree to renew with the tenant(s) I wanted to che...
Jeffrey Cervi
How to find renters for vacation rental?
Looking for guidance on marketing our vacation rental in Naples, FL. We have been very successful in getting seasonal rentals in past. Broker has now dropped us due to requirement for broker to be responsible for 1...
Anthony Jacques
How to Start Investing when already using VA loan
I am looking to use a VA loan to get a house but want to purchase a rental property and get started on getting cashflow. I am very new to this but have read about half of The Book on Rental Property Investing. I have ...
Bhavna Chopra
Buy and Hold property advise!!!
Hi Everyone, I am a new member from Dublin CA. My husband and I are planning to buy our 1st investment/ rental property in the East Bay area and are looking for some advise. Our budget is around $500K ( Looking for...
Sam S.
Servicer charging ridiculous so-called "lender-paid expenses"
We bought a property subject to existing mortgage. It was behind on payments and was scheduled for foreclosure auction in Texas. Before we brought the mortgage current, the servicer had told us that the Cash Advances ...
Jason Foy
Installing new water main
I have my first rental house under contract with earnest money in escrow. I have Been working hard to check off as many things as i can. One of my biggest concerns is the property is on a well / sand point. And city s...
David Avetisyan
Criteria for Five Loans & Above
I was wondering what the criteria is on the fifth loan for both the subject property, and on existing investment properties.Furthermore, would it be any different if you are trying to refinance a cash purchase on a fi...
Matthijs Pol
Should I make my Long-Term 3/1 a Medium-Term rental instead??
Hey everyone first of all thanks for always responding to my questions! Very helpful.I have a Long-Term 3 bedroom 1 bath rental in Northaven just north of Memphis. It's a nice little neighborhood and the house is clea...
Tatyana Shevnina
combining section 121 gain and 1031 exchange
When combining section 121 gain and 1031 exchange, can you take out the section 121 gain or does it have to be included in the cost of the replacement property?For example, relinquished property is sold for $800K with...
Marc Therriault
Amortization length my two cents.
It seems to be everyone I talk to doesn't have the same mentality as me on this one. And I feel so right about it. If the bank told me I could have a 100 year term I would. I don't pay biweekly I don't do short 15 yea...