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Had breakfast with a close friend of mine this morning and I explained that my goal was to eventually have minimum of $5,000 month coming in (after taxes) from rentals in low income / working class neighborhoods. And...
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Hey BP,
My wife and I are under agreement on our first out of state single family property. We’ve established a team on the ground to help us with due diligence. We are looking for advice from experienced investors t...
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Hi all. I am a health care professional that has always been fascinated by real estate investing. I have around $ 200,000 extra income a year to invest after maximizing my other retirement plans. I would like to be...
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I am looking into Houston and Dallas mostly, but other parts of Texas as well. What are the best strategies in these markets and what do y'all like about the market and the city as a whole to live in. I am looking t...
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So I had a windfall and can sort of "semi retire" with a part time low stress job. Part of me is considering buying more real estate though. I like the idea of being involved with and affecting the world. But the othe...
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Hey guys,I have a tenant I had to replace a toilet for at the beginning of the month due to their child flushing a number of toys down the toilet. I paid the plumber directly with the understanding the tenant would b...
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About 6 months ago I reached out to my property manager in writing and ask them to raise rents on all my properties by $25. I reminded them to do this about a month before each lease renewed. When I got my lease re...
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What are your thoughts to renting to a tenant who went under Chapter 13 bankruptcy? Tenant that applied has a very low credit score of 545 and is under Chapter 13 bankruptcy. Credit check reported bankruptcy on ...
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Hi,I am stuck with Lead affected property for over one year, it is marked lead affected by health department in Youngstown, Ohio. Without fixing it we can't rent and also no one wants to buy. only thing i want right n...
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The end of the 1031 exchange.... It's a statement that seems more fit on a sandwich board sign wandering a street corner right next to "the end is nigh" yet, here we are in a living reality where it was not only spoke...