Christopher James
Can I charge a tenant for a civil standby fee?
I have a situation at a rental where the tenant locked me out. He changed the garage entry code and keeps the storm door locked (no key) which doesn't allow me to use my key at the front door. Those are the only two...
Alexander Spira
How to figure 750 hour to write off losses
I want to make sure I rack up 750 hours doing real estate this year to get my losses counted against my W2 earnings. I have 6 units and it is taking up lots of my time.
The question is what counts ? For example to se...
Mary Stead
"The Crash" in Real Estate
Back in 2007-2008, the market "crashed". Can someone explain to me what that did to RE? I do not understand that if you had rental properties or lease option properties why did one loose their $$$, if they were making...
Daniel Gibson
How do DTI levels impact purchasing power/price point?
Hi folks, I have a DTI of around 30% and I'm wondering if the higher your DTI the lower of a mortgage you'll be able to qualify for? For instance if I were to be right at the upper DTI limit for a given lender, would ...
Account Closed
Let's Partner Up To Invest In Massachusetts
Good Day,My name is Chris Rosati, and I am in Central Massachusetts. Listen, I'm not here to waste anyone's time, especially my own, so I'll get right to the point. I'm not an "analysis paralysis" kind of guy, nor do ...
Burt L.
Uncle Quit-Claimed House to Nephew, Who Wont Pay the Mortgage
I was contacted by the uncle, who made the obvious mistake of Quit-Claiming title instead of doing a Contract for Deed, etc. The Nephew has refused to pay the mortgage or to respond, and has said he will be there unti...
David Blue
Getting on board
Hi forum members! I'm up in the Boston Mass area. I've had my RE brokers license for 20 years but never really put it use. I am a software engineer and seeing that's what I attended college for that's the industry I'...
Joseph Ayoub
Rent by the Room and Occupancy Limits
Hi All - I am wondering if anyone who does rent by the room in the Atlanta metro area has advice on how to do a rent by the room rental? Specifically, how to go about managing unrelated persons living together per cou...
Ben Skove
Seller financing a small potatoes SFH?
Hi all,
I've nearly finished rehabbing a SFR that I intend to rent. The numbers, rent comps, etc work well on it.
However, just for kicks and giggles, I'm playing around with the idea of selling with se...
Justin Repp
Self Directed 401k/IRA
Hey folks!I just switched careers 6 months ago and I am now a Realtor. I need to decide what to do with my previous 401k which has roughly $15k in the bank. I have done some research and it seems that the self direc...