Andy Chen
Carpet smells bad, can I use deposit to pay?
Hi, sorry if this has been asked before. Just a new landlord trying to get things right and fair. A tenant just moved out and the carpet has strong smell because of the pet. Can I use the deposit to pay for the carpet...
Jean-Pierre Lepoureau
Owner Financing Contracts Gone Wrong
Folks,Just a question has anyone ever experience a situation where you have owner financing and you have paid the entire term to find out that the owner is deceased? So you pay into a fix bank account for 20 years an...
Lillian Burke
Housing for Poor People
Recently, I read "Nomadland" about people who are poor or living on minimal social security and trying to get by. Some of my relatives have problems paying for housing and they don't understand how to navigate the sys...
Ravi Rai
Investing in a steam vacuum
Hi guys,
Our current tenants have moved out and the new ones will be moving soon. This is a student rental that has carpets throughout and we wanted to steam clean the carpets. I was thinking it would make sense to in...
Mary Jay
How to calculate your tax bracket for retiremenet?
Hi guys,How do you calculate your tax bracket for when you retire?Can you please correct me if I am wrong:Lets say you have 10 paid off houses that each bring you 1k so total you have 10K per month. Plus lets say you ...
Monisha Nabar
How to split profits on rehab and rent properties
I will be providing financing for purchase and rehab of SFH while my partner will be actively finding the property and overseeing the rehab. We want to hold this as a rental income. What is a fair way to split profi...
JD Martin
What do you like about being a landlord?
This discussion thread occurred to me this morning, as I'm curious to see what other people have to say.For me, I realized today that one of the things I like about being a landlord is not having to put up with any BS...
Meredith Hyman
How to make a strong offer without paying cash in full
I have a super good deal that I found lastnight, and I have enough for 20% down but our market has cash buyers all over. Just want to see how i can make a strong offer using a loan and 20% down. Please let me know. I'...
Jewel B.
Telling When It's Right: Subject-to and Seller Financing
When looking into creative financing, subject-to and seller-financing often come up for those without a substantial down payment or current ability to get conventional financing. However, most homeowners either have n...
Michael C.
Sell wifi to tenants & install security cameras,smart locks, and other wifi monitoring devices.
What's the best way to bring wifi to my building so set up security cameras and fire alarm to the network? At the same time, I'd like to offer 'free' wifi as an amenity to my tenants.
Currently, the fire alarm runs ...