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Will be purchasing first single family home investment later this year and wondering how many people would rent out their first investment property ever to family. Background: Have a good relationship with the brother...
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I have a good tenant breaking his lease 4 months early on 5 days notice. He has cleaned up the apartment well and he believes he is entitled to his deposit. Is he right? Property is in NC. No backfill identified a...
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We built a 4plex last year on a country road where several houses have been there for 20+ years. The entire time of the construction we got dirty looks from the neighbors and even 1 woman stormed into the building one...
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Can someone explain this to me like I'm 5.
Is there some reason why the continual crop of new "wholesalers" don't just get their licenses? Is there some advantage to not having a license for the wholesaler?
While ...
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My client, let's call him Paul, was not happy to owe the IRS $100k - the tax penalty of having a successful flipping/wholesaling operation. So, based on his buddy's advice (sounds familiar?), he ordered a cost segrega...
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Potential new tenant offered to paint house exterior instead of paying security deposit. Is this a good idea? Or should I require him to pay the deposit and maybe give a discount on monthly rent equal to amount of wor...
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New investor here and doing a lot of research before purchasing my first property. My friend and I both agreed to invest in real estate together. We are both fresh out of high school and work full time jobs. If we did...
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Hello to all pro landlords,We have an eviction problem. We have a property manager managing our rental house. The tenants have not been paying for several months now (rent have always been late since they rented the...
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I have a prospective renter who wants a 6 months lease but is willing to pay $150 over my asking price and a full months pet deposit in addition to the full months security deposit.The problem is he has no credit scor...
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Hi BP!I'm looking for a hard money lender for a 6-unit apartment complex. My agent gave me the name of a lender she found on BP, Joshua H. Brown. She warned me that she did not know him and had never worked with him b...