Trevor Alexander
Advice on hiring Property Manager vs doing it yourself
I'm converting my OO residence to my first long-term rental property. Advice/pros/cons on hiring a property management company or doing it myself? Cash flow will be approx. $1,000 without accounting for property manag...
Martine Ayers
Managing a Rental for Brother in Law
Hi everyone,A couple of questions for you guys... but here's some background first. My husband and I bought our first property ( a duplex about an hour away but still in Oregon) last September. I am acting as the Owne...
Michel Solowitz
How to manage your property manager as an out-of-state STR owner?
I'm a Canadian buying two properties in the US for STR which I'll hire a PM to manage. What are some things I can do to make sure my PM is being honest and competent? It seems so easy to take advantage of an out-of-st...
Becky Lu
Is LLC really necessary when you just start out?
Hi BP members,My husband and I started our RE investing and bought a 29-unit apartment in Texas and a 16-unit in North Carolina this year. (We bought our residence with a VA loan back in 2011 in California.) After rea...
Jeff Bridges
Potential tenant fraud with ceiling collape
Hey I'm new here but have owned a rental property in Illinois with a section 8 tenant for about 2.5 years. The ceiling had a crack in it and I had someone look at it last Thursday who said it would be okay until today...
Wesley Yu
Problematic Tenant - What To Do
Hi everyone,
Wanted to ask for your feedback about a problematic tenant we're currently dealing with in an A neighborhood in the South Bay. Here's the gist:
0) House is professionally cleaned and painted prior to te...
Shawn Mcenteer
Preventing noise between 1st floor unit and 2nd floor unit
I live in duplex MFR, units are on top of each other. Floors are very old, 3" wide fir installed directly to floor joists. I specializes in wood flooring so installing, sanding etc would be done by myself. I want to...
William Arrington
Fire place in an AIRBNB
The current home I am working on has a Wood stove and wanted to know if this has ever caused an issue with one of your properties. The one that is there is kind of ugly and I was originally going to replace it with a...
Broderick Wolf
Finding a mentor
Hello all, I am new to the site and fairly new to the investing world. I have done countless hours of research in attempt to understand the many ways to invest in real estate. I feel that recently I have hit a plat...
Louise Whidby
Deed/ Contract
I have a property under contract with a gentleman. I failed to ask who's name the deed was in and of course it's in his deceased mom's name. How will this affect this deal? Now that I know this information is there an...