Tim Clark
Amenities to increase rent
I was running some numbers on a property to get some experience in running numbers and I noticed that the property that I was looking at did not have a dish washer. I thought that by adding a dishwasher, the rent coul...
Jose D.
Owner Occupant Rules (non-FHA)
So my GF owns the current house we stay in. Browsing realtor, I notice that a house over on the next street has come on the market.
I don't have the 20-25% down payment to buy it as an investment property but I star...
Mark R.
Teardown/remodel planning and financing
I have the opportunity to purchase a house and lot from my grandfather for significantly less than the fair market value. The house is in a desirable neighborhood in Massachusetts but was built in the early 1900's...
Justin Vincent
Condo pro-forma
I'm looking at acquiring a condo for the convenience of having a place close to work that I can rent out in the short term future (3-5 years.) I have a back of the envelope pro-forma analysis in excel that I use when ...
Account Closed
Rights for tenants at will
Hey BP,
I've got a couple questions regarding tenancy-at-will. A friend of mine lives at home with her family and rather than paying rent, her father (a house painter by profession) paints for several of the ...
Melissa Kirchhoff
Current Tax Lien Investors - What would make you sell?
Current tax lien investors - can you weigh in on what would motivate you to sell a lien to someone else? As I've mentioned in another post, I'm looking to do this on a particular property. They got it for 6% the all i...
Julian John
Investing in a condo near Medical Center in San Antonio?
Thinking of buying a condo near the Medical Center area in San Antonio. I intend to live in for a year and then turning it into a rental property. Is it a good investment considering the HOA fees? There wont be a prob...
Brian H.
Could use advice on renting to students by the room.
Hey everyone,I have been working on purchasing some rental properties and someone mentioned to me on another thread that renting by the room to students could be a profitable move? I live in a town with a large state...
Raj Gandhi
Raise capital using a Survey instead of sales pitch to family & friends?
I'm trying to find a way to purchase a couple of 4-plexes. A down payment would be in the neighborhood of $150k. Estimated Cash on Cash return would be 10%. That's worthy of serious consideration partly because ren...
Kenneth LaVoie
punch lists for contractors
Hi
I'm a fairly new landlord (almost two years) and am working on getting efficient. One thing I'm putting together is a punch list for the "last man done working" in a unit to make sure it's "rent ready." Being new...