Alan A.
HOA Demands Outrageous Move-in Fee. Legal?
Hello again BP,Thank you in advance for taking time out of your busy days to consider my problem.A rental condo that I own in South Florida recently passed a new rule: a mandatory NON-REFUNDABLE move-in fee of $300. I...
Robert Ortiz
Raising Rent for Deleading
I've brokered lots of rental deals where the tenant is requesting the landlord to do extra work or make improvements. Could be installing a dishwasher or laundry, refinishing floors and painting, or even more extensiv...
Burke Ericson
Option to Buy, prior to 1031?
Hello, this is my first thread and I will soon be attempting my first 1031 property exchange, hopefully in a few months once I line up a sale.I will have roughly 1M to reinvest and current plan consists of targeting c...
Keith Ellis
IL Condo HOA rules amended by property manager (not HOA Board)
I have an Illinois condo unit that I rent out and would like a second opinion about an issue that was debating with the HOA's property manager.The gist is that after signing new tenants to a lease I was hit with a $15...
Andrew Kim
Cash for keys and possible eviction in Atlanta, GA
I own my house, and have two tenants in it. One tenant is a major problem. Late rent and utilities, smokes a lot of marijuana in his room, loud when we're sleeping, and the list goes on. I gave him his 45 days notic...
Jonathan Santiago
Gas boiler or Electric baseboard: Is it all just preference???
I just recently got a 3-unit building under contract that currently has no heating system in the home. I am trying to decide between rewiring the entire house and putting electric baseboard (this would also get rid of...
Marc Izquierdo
Homeowners, liability, landlord insurance?!
Hello everyone!
I am starting to look at and analyze some deals in hopes to buy in a year or so. Specifically multi-family (3-4 units). During the analysis process, I started to think more about insurance and had s...
Jeremy Clarke
Air B&B in San Diego
Good morning everyone,
I am a Realtor here in Fort Collins, CO considering buying property in sunny San Diego. Most of my immediate family is out there.
I'd like to have a place to stay when I go to visit them as th...
Robert Ellis
Avoiding a recession: How do you know when it's coming?
I've been involved in real estate in Columbus Ohio since 2014. Since then the market has only gotten better every year. The last recession came in 2007 and 2008 and it seems based on what I have heard that it happened...
Rick Bassett
Tenants repainting our properties
We have always allowed tenants to repaint the walls as along as they return the paint color back (in a professional manner) to our original colors by move-out time.This policy hasn't worked out too well for us we have...