Jacob Barnhart
How do you determine how much to set aside for expenses?
When evaluating properties, I try to use the 10% of rent for maintenance, cap-ex, management, and vacancy. So 40% of rent set aside total to be on the safe side, but this obviously is very generic. Obviously a house b...
Jen H.
Raising Rent for SFR in SoCal
Hello everyone! I am looking into raising rent for our single family rentals in Southern California. I have not raised rent in 2 years.
I have never raised rent before so want to make sure I send the appropriate pape...
Vince W.
Deposit Deduction for Missing Range
Hi all New guy here. we just purchased this investment property, seller leased back 15 days after closing. When seller moved out, we noticed the range was missing, we are asking $500 to be deducted from lease back dep...
Kevin D.
House Hacking in So. SF Area - The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Hello BP'ers,My wife and I are looking for a new home in or around San Jose, CA and are considering "House Hacking" ideas such as duplexes, lots with auxiliary units, or even lots large enough to add an auxiliary unit...
Tamyeka NA
Re-issue a new Month to Month lease w/rent increase
Can I legally break a month to month lease and re-issue a new lease with a rent increase? I have tenants that are on a month to month lease. I would like to increase the rent. Can I legally increase the rent with g...
Christian Cardozo
See all your MLS listings in ONE CSV!
I've written mls2csv, a web app that takes in your MLS login and returns a CSV of all your listings: location, tax, HOA. The idea is to save time from poring through listing after listing. This way, you can get a tidy...
Michael Fierro
Need suggestion in creating my very own Real Estate Support Team!
First time investor here. I hear it is ideal to get yourself a Real Estate "Support Team” before purchasing a property. Here is my list so far:
1. Real Estate Agent
2. Lender (possible using conventional loan)
3. ...
Alex Winfield
Non-Warrantable Condo Lenders?
I just wanted to reach out to the BiggerPockets community to see if anyone in Virginia knows of any "Non-Warrantable Condo" lenders. I have a client trying to sell a property in Virginia Beach town Center, but we hav...
Nathanael Troupe
Kansas City BRRRR Project
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $42,500
Contributors:
Chris Dawson
This was a great BRRRR project. I worked with Chris Dawson and Orend...
Brian Garlington
Columbus Ohio Apartments 5 to 16 units?
Who has insight on investing in Columbus, Ohio in small 5 to 16 unit apartment complexes? What are the C areas and B areas? Solid PMs and Realtors?