Rose White
Tenant Background Check
When is the best time to ask your new / possible future tenant for a background check? Is it before you interview them? After you interview them? Or after you have showed them your rental?
Robert Norvell
Rooming/Multi-Use Housing?
Does anyone have experience and/or a system in place for Rooming/Multi-Use Housing? It seems like a way to drastically increase rental income and not much extra work if done correctly. Im just wondering who's done ...
Constance Chambers
Insurance & Tax increases have KILLED CASH FLOW
Yes the Title is a little Click baitey.. but i feel we are not seeing enough attention being given to this important realization in many markets. Honestly, this applies to primary mortgages and investment properties...
Dylan McLauchlan
How difficult is it to fill a small 4 bedroom?
Hello all,
I've been running the numbers on an attractive property in my area. It's close to downtown, and a major university in my city.
It's a duplex with a 4 bedroom and a 1 bedroom, and I plan on li...
Lisa Wilson
Unauthorized Tenant - Question
Hello,I have a townhouse that was rented to a couple. One individual has moved out. I created a new lease effective June 1st with just the one person. I have a suspicion that she has or will get another roommate. The ...
Lisa G.
Mid Term Rental Lease & Supplies
Hi,I'm doing my first mid-term rental lease. The property has been a SRT for the past year so is fully furnished. Learning that this is a very different animal! First question, any suggestions of what to put in the le...
Dan DiFilippo
Is Multi-Family Getting A Bit Crowded?
I'm a broker in the Fort Bragg area in North Carolina. It's an opportune area for investing and we've seen out of state owners bringing more money in over the last few years. Particularly, people go crazy over multi...
Paul Beauchemin
Gold is up...will RE follow?
Gold broke the $1000 an ounce barrier last week and is zooming up over $1100 as I write this. It seems to me that the money that the Fed's loose monetary policy is going to come home to roost. If I recall the 1970's a...
Cheryl C.
How to "income qualify" a section 8 tenant?
What ratio's do you LL's use to qualify a section 8 applicant? I have a prospective tenant with a voucher for $1,575 (the rent amount) and an SSDI income of $908/yr. This person also receives food stamps in an unkno...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, March 15, 2021)
Economic Update
(Monday, March 15, 2021)
Almost exactly one year ago, March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a “Pandemic” for the first time in a hundred years. Look at all that has happened in th...