Hello, building a home in 30a.  Will be renting through the year.  The high season is May/June/July/Oct.  I'm trying to get a realistic gauge on rental income outside of those months.  I found this post on STR sitehtt...

Hi guys,Those who have 100 year old properties, how do you calculate cap ex on them?Do you say: ok, it will need a roof in 10 years, roof is 20K, so for the next 20K I will save $200 per month for the roof?Then do you...

I have a condo, purchased 2012 that I have currently on the market. Comparables and recent sales put a FMV between 370K-380K. However I am sensing a change in market activity. While May/June there was a flurry of bidd...

So I have some more information about evictions in Barrow county GA.  I filed for the writ today and went down to the sheriffs office to schedule the eviction.  We scheduled it for 10:00a.m. on Monday the 24th.  I wil...

Hello there,My real estate agent arranged for inspection (for my first 4-units) this coming Thursday.He called me this afternoon to inform me that the listing agent refused the inspection as it passed 15 days from sig...

Hi Everyone,I plan on closing on a duplex soon that has tenants already in it. It will be my first rental property. I've met the tenants and they seem nice and such. My questions is, how often does your tenants call y...

Our company is the lender for a property and I handle the accounting of the note. I am one of those people who needs to get things right and understand it from top to bottom. Although I have been in accounting for 25 ...

I am considering selling my sfh rental. Currently I am getting a 17% cash on cash return on my $35k investment. $500/ month net rent after expenses. A great deal, but there is 100k equity wrapped up in the property th...

Hi everyone,
New at Biggerpockets and to the world of real estate investing. Thought I would introduce myself and get some advice from people on the forum!
I am a health care provider (surgeon) and have been working...

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what is your rule of thumb for general contractors with how much of the total job cost you pay them at the end (in terms of a % of overall job cost), and when do you pay it? i.e. after final punch list, a...