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Thanks to the great advice I got from the folks on this forum, I now have a great tenant in place for my first rental starting 6/1, and we are putting an offer on a duplex later this week, so exciting! So naturally I'...
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So today the other co-founder of Holton-Wise (my business partner John Holton) closed on his new personal home today. This was by far one of the easiest deals I have ever been a part of.Fellow Realtors & Investors...
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I called my mortgage loan officer yesterday to discuss lending options for my many properties in LA. I'm looking to grow my business, and I wanted to borrow using my rental homes as collateral. I have zero debt.She ...
I'm just interested in hearing some tenant horror stories. What sort of tenants have you had to put up with, that were maybe hostile towards you? How did you deal with them? What sorts of things have you kicked out te...
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An agent wants to list my house, which is now on the mls via flat fee lister. This is the second time she called about it. She told me that she would work to sell my property if I listed with her. That she would call...
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Hello everyone,I'm looking for a little advice in dealing with a contractor. I hired a guy to do some concrete work on a wall that I have at one of my rental properties and he initially gave me a start date of 30 days...
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Hi there, newbie investor here based in Louisiana. We have a tenant who’s behind rent for three months now. She said she applied for Rental assistance program last October but until now they are still reviewing her ap...
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I just got my license but I don’t have a huge sphere of influence. I have coworkers from my current job but they don’t want to be bombarded with emails and phone calls from me. I talk to them about being an agent. Is ...
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First post, I hope I'm following the rules and I appreciate your help. I bought a duplex in September. One of the sides was vacant and in need of renovation and I had a builder do this in October and November. While s...
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We are looking at purchasing our first rental property and going the route of getting a second home mortgage. Some advice I had been given was to create all LLC and purchase the place through an LLC. What I am startin...