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Hello everyone!My wife and I closed our first deal on the 7th on our new four unit property which is fully occupied. One of the tenants is a co-worker, which was not something I was terribly excited about initially, b...
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Ok so I have now about 25k sitting in a 401 that I do not contribute for about 6 years. Of course it hasn't had much gain. Do I leave it there and forget about it or do I pull it out,take the hit and invest in real es...
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I have a tenant that has been renting from me for 32 months (was a 2 year lease) without ever contacting me for maintenance the entire time and on time with rent every month. After realizing their lease was expired f...
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Hi All,I recently acquired a property that has a smartlock. I would like to avoid providing keys to the tenants and just have them setup and control the codes for access. Smartlocks are expensive, I hate to have to sw...
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For the property my wife and I bought/took over, I looking to update the automated messages for guest. Currently we have one sent out at the time of bookings with a thank you and parking instructions. Below are some t...
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Hi,I was wondering if any investor or CPA can chime in on their thoughts about switching away from Quickbooks to another accounting software?I have been using Quickbooks online for years and love that it's the industr...
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so I am on the phone with lots of tire kickers that seem very unmotivated..I make a soft pass with where my numbers would likely be...After it appears that there is no true motivation or it looks like numbers will ...
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After receiving payments in cash, check, Venmo, Paypal, and Cash App in the last year, I think it's time to look for an ACH collection service. I've been seeing constant ads for Baselane, which I'm guessing is newer b...
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I am a small-time landlord with 6 SFH rentals, all of which were purchased to be rentals (retirement income - I spend an inordinate time worrying about retirement lately) and all have been rented since purchase. I ...
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Im new to real estate and have been looking at different ways of getting funding and am not sure which method to pursue. Any input would be great and any dos and donts. thanks for time everyone have a great day and ha...