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Aaron Yates Biggest Scare To-date That I have had as a landlord - any suggestions?
4 November 2013 | 25 replies

So I have been having problems with a tenant paying on time. She always pays at the end of the month instead of the beginning. Obviously I charge a late fee for this.

Last week after picking up October's rent...

Account Closed Real Estate Investing in Mexico - Best way to get loans/financing?
8 April 2023 | 13 replies

Hi guys, I am a Canadian citizen with permanent residence in Mexico. I've been investing in real estate in the state of Yucatan (the safest state in Mexico) for the last 1.5 years and have learned alot.. so far I've i...

Will E. Why Are Real Estate Commissions So High?
19 August 2015 | 29 replies

In a competitive market, you would expect real estate commissions to get competed down between brokers.   For reasons I don't understand, commissions stay high across all brokers at around 5% to 6% per deal.   Can som...

Simon Ghandil Rental #1 Purchased Today
13 June 2017 | 63 replies

Closed on it today, it's a 2 bed 1 bath in Portsmouth, VA. Purchased it for $30,000, after closing costs it was $31,650.15. Planning on placing a tenant buyer in there for $975 a month. Taxes and insurance will set me...

Clayneal Pononuihanohano Afaihere Garrigan Why Do Most Wholesale Deals Exclude Home Inspection & Appraisals?
6 July 2023 | 22 replies

Seriously! How much Dough does it really cost to run a Home Inspection Report? $3-$400 bucks?And... How about an ‘As-Is’ Appraisal? and maybe also an ‘ARV’ Appraisal? ...another $3..$4...$500 bucks tops???It seriousl...

Russell Brazil Be Careful If You Are Overleveraged
20 March 2020 | 140 replies

Many of us experienced folks on the forums the last couple years have been expressing concern about people being overleveraged and for strategies like the BRRRR method. Myself, @Jay Hinrichs, @Alexander Felice, @Joe S...

Luis Guerra The 25% property management fee was killing my STR profits
23 June 2024 | 29 replies

Hello everyone,I've been managing my short-term rental (STR) in the Orlando area for a few years now. Initially, I handed over the management of my property to a company, giving up 25% of my earnings for them to handl...

John Fulton Own or Rent Paradox: Your home is not an investment
4 June 2021 | 57 replies

There is a lot of commentary surrounding the topic of whether to rent or buy (Regarding personal residences). A roof over your head is an expenditure. The rent-or-own paradox is about losing the least amount of money ...

Nick Brubaker Help!! After signing the lease tenant is attempting to back out!
1 September 2016 | 43 replies

Hi everyone,Let me start by clarifying that I am inexperienced and this is my first attempt at finding a tenant for my first SFH.  That said, please don't assume I am acting foolishly either - I have been very careful...