Mary Wells
House Hacking - Financing Question
Hi BP community! I’m an aspiring first-time homebuyer in a VHCOL area, and am looking to purchase a 2B/1Bath condo somewhere in the region. My goal is to live in this first property for at least 12 months (but realist...
Trevor Tso
Need advice renting to retired parents
I bought a second home as primary residence and would like to move my parents there (so they can help out for my child care and I can help them with $, they are little tight).
How can I get the most tax benef...
Maggie B.
Washington DC House hacking
Hi all, I am new to REI and am very skittish given I live in Washington DC (extremely tenant-friendly). I have heard my share of horror stories including a co-worker who spent 10 months trying to evict a tenant. My hu...
Robert Stamper
Section 8 tenant screening
Hi, My wife and I have a 5 bedroom BRRRRR house that we want to put in the section 8 program. We plan to rehab the property to a high standard. There are two things I want to achieve with Section 8 housing:1) rece...
Miguel Matos
First Post, Is 10,000 enough to get started?
Hello, I am new here.Currently I live in Japan teaching English, however I decided to move back to Florida in about 1 year from now. I realize here that creating passive income here through real estate is pretty much ...
Anthony Hale
Rules for Renting Out a Guesthouse
Hey Gang. In Jacksonville, If you have a house with a guesthouse, and you turn the house into a rental property, can you rent the house out to one person and the guesthouse out to another as long as they are long-ter...
Julie Taylor
Judgements Against Estate
I'm working with a family trying to salvage some value from their parents' house, but there are multiple judgements from credit cards and personal loans against the estate. House is in NC, and needs significant repair...
Joe S.
Sober, living house, operators in San Antonio TX
I have a big nice house Four bedroom 2 1/2 bath house in San Antonio that is in a fair neighborhood without an HAO. I do not want to personally manage a sober living house, but was curious if it would be worth my tim...
Rob C.
Rodent droppings scattered all over the attic- Dealbreaker?
A house I'm considering purchasing has a pest problem, and there are a lot of rodent droppings in the garage and attic. If I go through with purchasing it, I'm planning to hire a pest control company to get rid of the...
Mike O.
First rental showing
I have been browsing the forums for a few years now and will be closing on a rental property in a few weeks and have a few questions. How do you deal with having 5 people interested in the property? I have received mi...