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Me and my two buddies just jumped into real estate investment and are thinking of trying out a house hacking strategy. We all have regular W2 jobs, and we'd love some tips on how to make the most of it. Any advice wou...
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Anyone have a link to a good independent contractor form that I can have workers - like handymen, painters, framers use?I need some sort of protection as I hire them often daily I have another neighbor who is in Calif...
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Someone with a pet is interested in renting one of the units in my duplex in Texas City, TX. Is this a big issue or how could we make this work?
A pet deposit maybe, higher rent?
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Hello everyone,
I recently heard Kathy Fettke talk about this on her podcast. I’ve yet to purchase my first rental property, though I am taking steps towards accomplishing that goal, and it’s one question I hadn’t ev...
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Hi all. I am wondering what my liability is when someone fell down my roof. Recently it was raining hard. Tenant called me, and I asked another tenant who had repaired roofs for me before. He has no license. He then t...
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Current situation, I rented a duplex out to a single mom with kids two months ago. She's on section 8. Section 8 pays 100% of the rent. I received a letter from section 8 saying that she got married so she'll need ...
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Hey All,I’m occupying my 3/4 house outside of Denver and I’m working on getting all of the spare rooms rented out. The house has a bonus 4th room with a closet in the finished basement, but it doesn’t have legitimate ...
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I posted a thread a few days ago called why do we invest? There were a lot of good replies on that thread with many bigger pockets members listing their goal of 5000, 10,000, 12,000, or $20,000, per month for retireme...
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I have a rental property in NC that has a few storm drains in the yard. There are steel grates covering the drains for safety reasons. My tenant called the property manager today and said the grates are gone and ne...