Mike Alder
A bad partnership ends with 1.5 million GONE
I received a call from an investor the other day that had 4 houses he wanted to unload. When I asked why he was selling he replied that his partner bounced on him and left him with these D class homes he wanted nothin...
Jim Gallagher
How to Turn a Single-Fam. Home into and a Duplex by Adding an ADU
I'm sure you are aware of the housing shortage in many Bay Area cities, as well in other area of CA. As one means to try and add to units to the housing market the State of CA now allows for "Accessory Dwelling Units"...
Jaren Woeppel
House Hack Homeowners or renters insurance?
Hey BP community,My wife and I are about to start our first house hack with a duplex. I was wondering how everyone treated the homeowners' insurance? For example, If we take a full homeowners policy on the entire dupl...
Christina Colon
How tonstructure Subject to deals with your taxes/insurance?
I'm considering selling/offering my long term tenants a subject to deal on my property. Im so new to this strategy so I have questions that I couldn't seem to find answers to. How does the tax/insurance structure of ...
Matt Merriott
Group showing of rental property?
I have a full time job as im sure most do, so time is valuable. Is there anything wrong with doing a group showing of interested potential tenants? I scheduled 3 showings for 15 minutes each last monday and only one s...
Anthony Conte
Landscapping and Inspections Questions
hello all.My 1st post on this forum. Wondering if someone can help me out with a couple of tax questions I have. Any help is greatly appreciated.1. Recently bought a property and as part of the 'Option Period' I ha...
Johanna Silva
Lead Paint Test and Potential Remediation
We're closing on our first property in December. We are in MA. The house was built in 1900. The windows have been replaced.
Do we do the lead paint test? And, if so, if it's a yes, what are our options?
Thanks f...
Ben Bakhshi
Planted a peach tree at my 4-plex
Here is a blog post I wrote up on my adventures planting a peach tree t about it. http://activerei.com/post/52952669989/planting-fruit-trees-at-rental-properties
In short:
It was fun and cheap and helped reduce some...
Nyx Sherwin
Drywall Nightmare - Help Needed
Hello! Taking the jump into my first BRRR and learning a tough lesson. Many of the interior walls, particularly the exterior walls are in bad shape and I brought in a drywall crew for repairs. And a decent rain the n...
Account Closed
Maintenance Management Software?
Does anyone have any suggestions for maintenance management? I would like my renters to be able to submit maintenance requests online at anytime (including emergencies), rather than try to reach me just be phone (sinc...