Richard Raghoo
How can I cash flow in a strict rent control environment?
Ontario Canada has recently declared war on small businesses and in particular Landlords. Landlords will soon be unable to raise rents to reflect market conditions even if a tenant moves out. Given the rising cost of ...
Taylor Lydon
1% Rule in Massachusetts?
Does anyone have any suggestions on where to find 1% rule for buy and hold multi-family (1-4 unit) investment properties in Massachusetts? I prefer to stay away from lower quality units, neighborhoods, and towns. I ...
Robert Burns
Tax Deductions
I've recently had my accountant do my 2008 income taxes and I was surprised that he informed me that I could not take deductions for my real estate investment training that I purchased in 2008. A big one was the Rich...
Michael Totman
Small multi maintenance
Landlords, how are you handling your lawn care and other landscaping on small multis, 2 - 3 units? Every year I battle internally as to whether or not to continue doing it myself or require tenants to do it. Hiring a ...
Richard Boyd
Avoiding taxes with family transaction
I have recently came across the following situation and was wondering if anyone had an input:A friend of mine owns a property that is being bought by a gas station chain. It's selling for about 900,000. My friend want...
Duane Gunkler
I think I missed the boat on my first property :(
So I've been doing lots of reading, watching lots of webinars, listening to blogs and I found a property I was really interested in purchasing. It is a 4-unit property that I could either purchase and rent (all four ...
Henry Tse
Thoughts on the market?
Hello, I'm a new investor looking into buying cash flowing real estate. I have been exploring different markets. I wanted to know what are peoples thoughts in the Austin area? Looking into SFH, or multi units. I'm sti...
Richard Warren
The Obama Deception
I came across this video by Alex Jones.
The Obama Deception:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNQeom4iY9k
Very heavy on conspiracy theory but it's scary even if it's only partially true. This is not an anti-Obama pie...
Deanna Boss
A Gnawing Problem - Mice but Tenants Refuse Exterminator
I own and manage a duplex built in 1900, old house, tons of holes. The upper unit (floors 2 & 3) is occupied by tenants with a 12-month lease and the lower unit is short term rentals (Airbnb). The upper unit has m...
Monica Morff
Tenant Fighting Eviction
Hi everyone! I had recently asked a question to get opinions on whether we should evict a certain tenant. We ended up moving forward with eviction, judge ordered a settlement because the tenant claimed they had the re...