Brien OConnor
Accounting Set Up Basics
We already have one SFR and are about to close on the second one. Confession - I haven't set up my accounting yet. I have all my receipts and documents. I plan on using a bookkeeper and Quick-books. Any BASIC sugg...
Jonathan Guerrero
Screening tenants/handling paperwork
Hi everyone, my name is Jon. I hope everyone is well. I am a newbie with my first ever property under contract. I wanted to be preemptive and see if anyone would be willing to give advice on how experienced investors ...
Eric S.
When buying land, what should I add to contract to protect myself
I am buying triplex and separate parcel lot that is next to it all from the same owner. The empty parcel lot is next to the house. I am thinking of either selling the lot as is or eventually like to build on it and se...
Elliott Burris
Greetings from Silicon Valley
Hi all! Elliott here - I'm a mathematician living in Silicon Valley who is obsessed with fixing property management. I'm here to network with investors, agents, and anyone else who thinks traditional property managem...
Account Closed
Wannabe HML
about to get out of the service and at a crossroads. I have saved up a pretty nice chunk of cash that I want to put to work. I'm trying to decide between buying my own rental properties and being a landlord, or giving...
Charlotte Dunford
Sewer System - Treatment Plant?
Hi all. I'm looking at a deal with public water with Treatment Plant for the sewer. This might be an odd question, but is there a way to switch the sewer to public sewer? If so, what is the average cost? Many thanks!
Andrew S.
Long term tenant wants carpet cleaned
An inherited long term (6 years in the apartment, 1 month under my ownership) tenant has asked if I have a carpet cleaner. I don't have a carpet cleaner so I told them that. I could rent one and clean their carpet o...
Dustin Ruhl
How to Evaluate A Real Estate Investment Deal in Indianapolis
We talk with lots of people looking to buy real estate investment properties in Indianapolis and surrounding areas. Some of them know what they're doing... and some of them are still in the learning process.
But, sin...
Jon Klaus
Wave of foreclosures coming to market?
One of my contractors does a lot of property preservation and make ready work for a HUD and B of A contractor. He said that he is slammed with work orders lately and that his contractor is getting a 100 new work orde...
Nadiya Lonkevych
Could negative cash flow be deducted?
Hi everyone,I am about to become an investor renting out the condo I currently live in (Columbia/Ellicott City, MD area) and purchasing another house for my family. The condo was purchased in 2006 at it's highest ever...