Lysa T.
Freedom Number
Hi everyone! Today I was listening to a couple podcasts and I kept hearing about the concept of the "freedom number". I tried to search Google on the topic and I got a lot of irrelevant links. I would like more inform...
Adam Craig
Do you have a bunch of checking accounts?
Right now I have 5 different checking accounts for 5 different rental properties to keep everything separate. Is this common practice? Seems like when I am at 20 houses, having 20 checking accounts/20 debit cards/ ...
Yi Zhao
Money withheld from the contractor until after final inspection
Hi all,I'm a flipper and the houses I flip usually takes $50k-60k to fix. In my contracts, I always withhold 10% until the house is sold and final home inspection has passed. It usually cost 1k-5k to fix issues that a...
Konstantin Komkov
commercial office space
Hello, I am new to commercial side of real estate. I am looking at how commercial office space is appraised. There are around 50 similar commercial office spaces, when they were build in 1990's they all were sold at a...
Spencer Cuello
Rent Collecting Software
Hi All!I am a new landlord for a small multi-family and am considering having my tenants pay through Venmo/PayPal or I could invest in a software like Apartments.com Rental Manager or RentRedi. Does anyone have experi...
Karen Margrave
FIREPLACE & TV ON THE SAME WALL ??
Have any of you installed a gas fireplace and had a tv on the same wall above it? I see it done on Houzz, and in magazines all the time, however; how practical is it? Is the TV too high? Is there too much heat off th...
Sarah Lam
Reasonable cap rates for turnkeys
Hi everyone! I'm just starting out in the world of REI, and I've really enjoyed reading @Ali Boone Chris Clothier's, and Marco Santarelli's articles on turnkeys. As a resident San Franciscan, there is no way...
Joel Oh
Bike rental - Money maker? or Headache?
Hey guys, I am closing a property near one of the best bike trails in the country and this property has a huge ass abandoned garage.I see a serious potential for turning this garage into a bike shop and renting bicycl...
Salvator Lorick
At a roadblock and could use some help with market evaluation
Hello everyone Happy 4th,
I see a lot of advice on how to analyze a deal, how to close a deal and a lot of other amazing advice. But there are some steps that need to be taken before you even begin to analyze that pr...
Jim Farrell
Dodd Frank
I'm an investor new to the note side, and keep hearing "Dodd Frank". I understand that this relates to federal law passed in the last few years under the guise of "helping the consumer".It may be way too complex to a...