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I have a tenant who emailed me at my work e-mail account on Christmas about a leaking garbage disposal that didn't seem to work anymore and that they had scheduled Roto Rooter to come fix it. Normally, I know that a l...
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Hi investors,My first tenant moved out after 7 years and it is costing me $7-8k to fix! What's your average move-out reno cost? And how many years of cash flow is it wiping out? This is my first move-out and I"m fi...
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First time landlord and I've got this couple applying that are telling me their 2 dogs are emotional support animals and that they don't need to tell me about them and don't need to pay a pet fee. I found an article s...
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Hello!
New to the Landlording game. We recently bought a duplex in Boise, ID and inherited tenants. This is the first month we are collecting rent.
One of the tenants has informed us that she will not...
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She refuses to give me her email to get on tenant cloud.
I call and she won’t answer.
Has been sending me page after page of nasty texts including “FU” since yesterday morning (easter weekend). 5 more pages of...
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In talking to people and reading various posts online, I see a lot of confusion and varying opinions on ROI vs. ROE vs. IRR vs. Cash on Cash. For example, some people think that in the first year when you purchase t...
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Hi,I am a new investor and actively looking for deals. I have researched some of the HML's and didnt' really like to percentage of "skin in the game" that is required upfront. So, I decided to go the PML route. I a...
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Over the years my preference in flooring has changed a lot. I started out with carpet, then moved to refinished hardwoods in older homes, then I started exclusively using Allure Vinyl Planks (glue ones). Now I'm not s...
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I want to run background & credit checks on potential tenants, and I'm trying to choose between Transunion's SmartMove vs. Cozy's Tenant Screening.I expect many here are partial to SM as they appear to have been a...
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I have been told all my life in saving into my 401k that you need to save the maximum that you can. So for many, many years I have been saving the absolute maximum allowed by the government every year into the company...