John Moore
Rent increase during state of emergency
Hello all. Recently I acquired my first duplex house hack here in Sacramento, CA. My current tenant was paying way below market rent, but do to the state of emergency I’m only able to raise rent %10. Now the previous ...
Nick Love
Marketing Streams That Attract Passive Investors
Nick Love - 05/29/2019I am starting a discussion about attracting passive investors through marketing platforms and if anybody has had success in this field of raising capital from advertising. I have seen multiple ad...
Jorge Roman
Who here hates dealing with maintenance!
How many of you deal with maintenance day in and day out... Or just deal with pain in the butt tenants hitting you up while you're at your 9-5 to point out that a bee got into their house and they don't know why.How d...
Gregory McKinley
Multi family Repairs
Here are a couple of questions. 1. What formula do you use for calculating Interior Improvements that will be factored into the Agency debt for multifamily units? 2. What formula do you use for calculating repairs and...
Dee Georgian
Take a loss on the property or raise the rent
2 years ago I was plunged into renting my property after a loss of a job and split from my partner in Henry county Georgia where the home is under water and I now own 100% of the property. However, even though the val...
Dana R.
Tenant moving costs
I know what it would cost the landlord if a tenant moves. But, has anybody here ever calculated how much it would cost the tenant to move?
Let's say there are more or less two identical homes, and the tenant ...
Jonathan Pflueger
So Much Fear Around Insurance Claims: Is a rate raise automatic?
Many believe and advocate that filing a homeowners insurance claim will lead to higher rates, discouraging claims altogether. This subjective and heavily pushed idea seems driven by a real sense of fear. I mean, why p...
Tina G
charging for cable
looking for thoughts on the following:
i have an opportunity to get premium phone/cable service (i.e. all the bells and whistles) for a multi-family rental unit at a promotional rate. it seems that if i split the cost...
William Wright
Cash out refinance - how does equity change?
How does your equity change in a commercial mortgage cash out refinance? For example:If you have a $500k 6 unit apartment building that you originally put $125k down on, that you intend to raise rents on. After you ra...
Steven Barr
Do you pay finder's fees to your management company?
Is it common for a management company to charge a "finder's fee" equal to first month's rent for every new tenant they place in your property?With a force appreciation strategy (like raising rents heavily over the cou...