John McCarthy
How to deal with a very difficult tenant
I have a tenant who isn’t cooperating with necessary repairs. She reports issues, but then doesn’t provide a date or time for us to come and fix them. This leads to the problems worsening, and I end up having to hire ...
Tim Triplett
HELOC from Investment Property
Hello - I am trying to unlock some equity out of my house to purchase another property. My first thought is a HELOC but ive called 10+ banks and credit unions and none of them have a program for investment property. H...
Christian Alexander
New to the Dallas Area (Forney)
Happy New Year! My name is Christian Alexander. I just moved here from Nebraska, I currently reside in Forney, and so far, I love it. I retired from the Army about two years ago, and during the last 3 years serving I ...
Account Closed
Does This Section of the Lease Hold Up?
I just moved into a new apartment this weekend and the place was infested with insects. I tried calling the property management company because of this, but they are closed on weekends. Because the unit was infested w...
Zack Ellard
Brand new to Real Estate Investing in Oklahoma
Hello everybody. My name is Zack Ellard and I live in Owasso, OK. I don't have any real estate investing experience yet but my wife and Iook forward to in the near future. We were married about 10 months ago and both ...
Faraz Mog
Section 8 rules in Massachusetts
Hi,We are considering turning one of our vacant apartments into a section 8 and was wondering if people can share their positive/negative experience. I have zero experience on section 8 so I have some questions. Any g...
Robert Schwenkler
Prep time for bookings on VRBO?
We want to eliminate our same day turnovers. On AirBNB it's simple to add a day's buffer before and after a booking, but hard or not possible on VRBO.
Hospitable is our PMS and I don't believe they've got that functi...
Jeremy Beland
My First Wholesale Deal – Lessons in Trust and Persistence
In March of 2017, I closed my first real estate wholesale deal. It wasn’t a huge payday—$5,000—but what I gained from the experience was far more valuable than the check.
It started when I got a lead from an older ...
Lynnette E.
tenant charged with rape of a child under 13
I ALWAYS do a background check. I do NOT accept violent felonies, domestic violence, etc. So, now a tenant with SIX children in the home is arrested and charged with 3 counts for rape of a child. He is in jail with...
Sunny Wu
Tenant wants to break lease 8 months early
I'll keep this short and simple. Tenant signed a lease starting in
November and wants to break their lease on February 15th because they've
purchased a house.
I do not have any lease break clause ...