Tarcizio Goncalves
Capital Expense or not?
Hi everyone, I inherited a tenant when I purchased a property 6 years ago and this tenant moved out. Tenant has been there for over 20 years so the unit has a ton of updating that it needs so that the unit is brought ...
Eric Brown
Is it necessary to meet tenants in person?
Many of the tenants I’ve had are ones moving to the area from out of state. The last tenants at one of my SFH rentals were comfortable securing the property remotely based on the photos and video tour, signed the leas...
Art Maydan
Landlord Responsibilities, R&Rs, Drip Pans
Hi Everyone,I’ve got a few unrelated questions I was hoping to have answered: 1) It’s my understanding that it’s the tenant’s responsibility to change HVAC filters and carbon monoxide detector batteries every 6 months...
Geoff Husa
Reserve funds for your properties?
Hey everyone I'm curious how many of you maintain a separate reserve fund for your properties so as to handle longer vacancies, or other things that come up like with COVID where tenants/payments might get a little sc...
Kellie Mecham
Newbie in Austin, TX area looking for my first central TX SFH
Hi all,I'm a brand newbie in Austin Texas trying to figure out if there are SFH buy and hold opportunities within a 2 hour or so drive of me. I know Austin is probably out; looking just south in Kyle/Buda I am worried...
Shawn S.
Is 1 Million Liability enough?
So my standard property insurance has 300k liability. For 55 more per year I can get up to 1m. Is this the way to go? At this point we have not done an LLC, and we are unable to get any sort of umbrella insuranc...
Azaan Ramani
Rookie from Dallas, TX
Hi! Thank you for everyone here that is generous in helping out. I have zero knowledge in REI and no background but have been recently very interested in learning about this area. I have been lurking out trying to rea...
Ivan Zlatev
Howdy from Oakland, CA
Hello from sunny California.I am a new-ish investor in rental properties in Oakland, CA.I bought a few single-family houses. I manage them myself (actually my wife :)Never had the guts (or the money) to buy something ...
Lorin Hinton
Please help analyze first deal
Hi everybody, I am not sure if I am getting cold feet or jumping the gun for my first deal. But I have a deal that I am working on as my first rental property. Here is a little bit about the property itself. First ...
Paul Sundin
Investing in Lorain, Ohio
I am working with an investment group who are looking at a portfolio of single family homes located in Lorain, OH. Now I have many clients who have bought in the Cleveland suburbs and am somewhat familiar with the su...