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Hello - I have a bit of a spin on the age old question: To use all of your savings on your first property or not.I have 10k I have saved in 6 months to put towards a property. I have planned to use 5k of my own funds ...
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Hello friends! Last August, I purchased a home in Arvada for ~530k with $0 down using the VA loan. Since then, a recent market value analysis shows us that our house is likely worth $650k-$700k in the current market. ...
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I’m a getting my first investment property in Detroit. Let’s just say the area isn’t what I’m used to and picking up cash seems a little risky here. I’ve heard a ton of strategy’s for collecting rent on the podcast bu...
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Hi everyone. I'm in a bit of a tricky situation as I have a good family friend of the past 20 years looking to invest anywhere from $500k-1M. To give a bit of background, I am a contractor in the DC area focusing on...
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New tenant moved in late September... paid pro-rated rent for Sept and full rent for Oct.November 5... no rent, new tenant, Deborah not happy... debate just shocking the pee-willy out of her by posting tomorrow or bei...
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Greetings BP friends,So, my business partner and I live in Los Angeles and we are in the entertainment business. We've decided to create a new business entity to combine our companies and scale up our services. We pro...
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I've been researching the different online payment methods (erentpayment, sparkrent, etc) and the other methods used to pay rent. Do you put in your lease these different options and LEAVE THEM AS OPTIONS to the tenan...
So after a recent call w our amazing accountant he said something that hit me hard. he said after 40 years w his clients he's observed that its easy to get into real estate investing and much harder to exit real esta...
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I think I incorrectely posted this in the renters section of the site, so I'm trying here. I'm leaving Chicago for Ft Lauderdale and renting out my Chicago condo. My goal is to pay a fair price for good service and ...
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I only own one property, but know that I would like to scale my buy and hold portfolio in the near future. How soon is too soon to use a rental property management software? I figured it will be useful to already have...