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Bought our first home 2 months ago, we got a good price and decided to do just 10% and keep the additional $ for emergencies and upgrades then have the home reappraised a year later to remove PMI (extra $100 a month)H...
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Hi everyone! I am in a big jam, here's my situation....One of my recent aquistions was a 12 unit apartment building. After the 1st month, I received an astronomical high water bill/sewer. Where I purchased this buildi...
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Hi! I'm Vanessa. My husband and I own a home in the north suburbs of Chicago. We both, somewhat inadvertently, fell into owning 2 rental condos in Chicago. Both of the rentals were ours before we married and bought a...
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I'm ready to jump in and buy my first actual investment (non-house hack/already doing it). I'm 50+ years old and generally want to purchase cash flow properties as I inch toward retirement. I'm in a fairly transient a...
Hey BPers.
I have my first unit and, to be honest, it's being sitting the last 9 months because of other business endeavors.
I'm circling back to it and my question is this (see picture).
There are 2 light fixtur...
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Accepted an applicant and received a non-refundable Holding Interest Deposit for my rental. I asked if he would consider a two years lease and he said he would after he inspect the maintenance repairs. He did an inter...
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So, I've been at this DM Campaign for a few weeks and I'm starting to feel like I am in over my head. I have mailed out about 550 mailers and have yet to have gotten a call from one. I am posting on Cragislist every d...
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Some people have been sharing news articles on the forums and I came across one today that I thought I'd share. Basically, the author is stating that landlords are using late fees and evictions as a source of income ...
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I have two identical 6-unit buildings on the same lot, but they get separate utility bills. One of the units consistantly gets water bills more than double the other building. I found that the Kansas City Water Dept...
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My partner and I decided to pick this house because it was more of a turnkey property. We didn't want our first property to give us too much problems. We ended up painting the interior walls of the upstairs bedroom, k...