HI, For all the real estate investors out there, can you please recommend a company to use for home owner's insurance? I recently purchased a duplex and its rented out on both sides. I would be grateful to hear your s...
Hello! I'm still learning about rental investments and was wondering if you have a 6 months gap can you still be approved for a loan? This would be my 1st property I'm investing in. I don't have any debt at all and ha...
I am moving my family across the country to the Portland, ME area. After the sale of a business and our current house in WA state, we will have about $200k to put down on a personal residence in Maine. Once back in Ma...
Hello all! For those of you that have smart home devices for your rental properties, what devices and/or setups do you use? Most of the smart locks and doorbell systems require accessible wifi, ideally I would like to...
i know this is a rookie mistake, but believe me i have learned from it.
so i have a rental i just picked up, and it appears to have had water sit in it at some point. we find some black mold around the baseboards an...
Hey BP! A search of the forums didn't turn up any information on the topic so I thought I would start a new thread. I am researching vacation properties in the Lake Tahoe region and am interested in the growth that ot...
Dear Forum,My understanding is that an LLC protects your personal assets from being sued by a renter. But what about the equity in the rental property that is under the LLC? Can the renter go after ownership of the ac...
Still working on getting my first deal and I know I've read and heard that you should always pay yourself first when taking your monthly income from tenants but how do you do it without getting nervous? I know how to...
Hello everyone. I was wondering if installing an alarm system in the property would bring Added value or if it is just a waste of money? The alarm system would cost about $50 per month, I can rent the home out for $12...
I purchased my first duplex, out of state, over the summer and am now preparing to do my rental property taxes for the first time and have a few questions on deductions.Is the home inspection deductible?I initially ha...