Mary Pastoral
Airbnb guest problem: unauthorized guests and possibly a party
New to hosting and currently hosting our first problem guest. A guest with no reviews asked to book our place for two guests since she will be spending time with her sister for her sister's birthday. I asked if she re...
Vamshi Ananth
What's your take on investment in Merced CA?
Hello,I live in the Sf Bay Area and as a novice RE investor I feel I am priced out of this market. So I was looking around for better places where properties are still affordable and worth while investing within a 2 h...
Mary Jay
Maxing out 401k or buy Real Estate instead?
Hi guys,Can you please help me out?Ive been struggling with figuring out what to do. I have been putting 18K into my 401K for the last 4 years and now have 100K in it. Ive been thinking that may be I should instead be...
Paul Georgia
Short term vs longer term rentals in Prince George's County MD
I am in the process of renovating a 5 bedroom home just across the border from DC. For now, my long-term plan is to rent to a RAL company, but it takes a long time to get a property approved for such use. In the mea...
Amy Wunderlich
Care about cashflow now or later?
Hi BP,I have question regarding cashflow and if all investors REALLY require it from Day 1. Here's the background:I'm taking a course at UCLA taught by Jon Swire, the author of There's No Free Lunch in Real Estate, an...
Ryan D
Creative Financing Ideas?
Wanted to ask if anyone has any ideas for how I can finance a duplex.
In a nutshell: I've got excellent credit (750) and 20K of savings. I figured I'd be in a good position to pick up a duplex down the street, but ha...
Joe Kato
Dog bite, now what?
I had a tenant's dog bite someone in their apartment. I said dog must leave immediately. What else should I do to protect myself as owner?
Nam Tran
Renters are slobs. Need inputs on how to deal with this.
Hello everyone, I am new to this. My wife and I are in the process of buying our first investment property, a duplex. we did our walk through today, we love the property however the current tenants are slobs in both p...
Wendy Black
Need Advice- Too Expensive Bathroom Repairs
We're in Phoenix and have owned a rental in Oceanside for quite a few years. It's a beautiful home (in Rancho Del Oro) and hasn't been vacant a day, but we've had several issues through the years with the plumbing. We...
Chris MacCary
Neighbor is complaining about my Tenant's Dog Barking
My tenant has a dog that they keep in a large pen in the large side lot to our rental property. The neighbors in the house that borders the side lot are complaining that their dog "barks all night and causes our dogs ...