Glen Gunawan
Advice on increasing curb appeal
Hi all, first time home investor here. Below is a picture of a Seattle SFR I'm trying to rent out - any advice on increasing curb appeal? Note I already plan on removing the trees.Some things I've considered that woul...
Travis Holmberg
Generating Cash Flow on Long Term Rentals through Solar Panels
Hey all,I live in sunny Phoenix Arizona and have been throwing around an idea in my head I'm wondering if anyone can validate or invalidate for me.My idea is to install solar panels on my SFH property and rent it out ...
Jan Falk
Professional Tenants from Hell- Animal Hoarders
I have been doing this for a long time and these are the worst. Animals hoarders (two with three kids), have done same thing three times in five years, should be a support group for landlords, lawyers, psychiatrist...
Art Maydan
Subtenant Won't Schedule Move-Out Inspection
I have a tenant in a triplex whose lease is up at the end of the month, but they bought a house 5 months ago and found a subtenant. I'm holding the tenant's security deposit and the tenant is holding the subtenant's s...
Amy Dan
Buying First Rental Property
Hi, everyone. I am Amy. I and my husband Ray live in Broward County, South Florida. We are looking to buy our first rental property. The house price down here has already climbed a lot. But we do see some condos are c...
Samuel Vogt
Primary residence becomes rental property
I purchased my first home in 2014. It was listed as my primary residence, but has been an investment property for the last 2 years since I had moved in with a friend. At this moment I am looking to purchase my next p...
Jeremy Mays
HUD Bidding Question
I'm a little confused about how HUD handles backup bids when evaluating offers and how that should affect my bidding strategy. On the day HUD decides to do a price reduction, do they go back and look at all the backu...
Kathy Kifer
Tenants using Credit Cards to Pay for Rent
For my long term rentals, my tenants pay me by venmo, and I have had no big issues. Its fast and easy.I have just listed a mid term rental on Furnished Finder. I see they suggest offering the tenants the option of pay...
Yael Fuerst
First Deal - am I missing something?
So here is the story:I am looking into purchasing land and building a SFH in Birmingham, ALThe deal I am looking into is $156,500 for a 4 bd, 2.5 bth.Rent will be $1550 after all expenses my net profit will be $1200.F...
Tiffany C.
Quad in South Atlanta
I've been working on this deal since Jan. The seller is a tired landlord. Here are the details: 4 units The property is valued at $150k (I got a brokers priced opinion)The seller owes $102,000 and wants $10,000 to wal...