Dana Holland
Help - First time landlord dealing with high maintenance tenants
We rented our house out for the first time ever starting last November. The tenants seemed good on paper and wanted to sign an 18 month lease which we thought was great to have it rented for so long. We had a water ...
Kent Harris
Bad Realtor who has cost me thousands of dollars
When I first started purchasing houses I had a Realtor find me a lot of deals. Once the houses were renovated I had her put the houses up for Lease on MLS. She would have the prospective tenants run a background check...
Patrick Senas
HELP!! Market Rent Appraisal LOW, contingency already removed
I need advice!! On Aug 3, I removed all contingencies because my loan officer said that everything checked out on the appraisal he received from the VA. He wasn't allowed to show the appraisal until the VA "cleared" i...
June Crile
Why Should/Shouldn't I buy an Alabama Occupied Foreclosure?
Hello Alabama Community, I'm not new to buying foreclosures in Georgia. I have children that recently moved to Alabama. I am considering buying at foreclosure auction. I've been reading as much as I can. My main ques...
Doug Smith
Why, Oh Why, Is the Fed's Inflation Target 2% (a rant)
I would love to get a discussion going over this topic to see what other "in the know" armchair economists think. This chart shows mortgage interest rates over the past 30 days. Rates are directly tied to the 10-Year ...
Luke Stewart
MTR is NOT only travel nurses!
Just wanted to put this out there for those who are interested in MTR or do MTR but haven't really explored the possible tenants. I personally am a travel nurse, but I have rented my home MTR to 5 different renters si...
Jinyu Shao
Do I have to rewire the electricity in my multi-family rental?
Hi all,
I need some advice on how to handle a situation that might require an expensive rewiring of the electricity in our home.
I have a duplex in Queens where I rent out the first floor and live on the second fl...
Paul Spangler
Can someone confirm the 85% gross rent rule for FHA loans?
I was told by my mortgage broker that in order for a property to qualify for an FHA loan, 85% of the gross market rent for all units in a 2/3/4-plex must be more than the PITI, otherwise they won't approve the loan. ...
Katie Miller
Mid-term (medium-term) vs. Short-term Rental Strategy
Hello STR investors! I'm wondering how many of you invest in a tried and true short-term rental vs. a mid-term rental? If you do the mid-term thing, why? How did you first learn about it?
If you DON'T do the mid-t...
Diane Calderaro
Anyone heard of realpro?
Has anyone done business with "realpro"? I'm interested in a property they have, but not sure if they're on the up and up. I receive daily emails from them. It seems like they're wholesalers on some deals and others s...