Andres Piedra
Property Manager........They Stink. What to do?
I finally caved in and for the first time ever, I have put a property in the hands of a "qualified" property manager. I vetted this company well and it seemed like a good one to hire. However, after signing the ag...
Mindy Jensen
Investor NOT protected by LLC?!?
A new development out of Atlanta this week. An investor has been held liable for the exceptionally poor conditions of his properties, even though they were held by an LLC that was not under his own name. He argued tha...
Account Closed
Why Most Single Family Property Managers Suck and What We Can Do About It
Why Most Single Family Property Managers Suck and What We Can Do About ItAccording to the 2014 U.S. Census, 43 million Americans are renters (35%). A large portion of these renters rent detached single family homes. ...
Jake Berwind
I need to know the good AND THE BAD!!!!
I'm thinking about putting my house up for "lease to own" and then just renting a house to actually live in. I have heard about all the reasons why I SHOULD do it, but I know there are some horror stories out there th...
Andrew Angell
Questions around Passive vs. Active classification of activities in my LLC.
I leverage my Life Insurance cash value in a couple of different ways with an LLC, and I have some questions about active vs. passive classification on the deals I'm doing.
I take a policy loan personally, and then I...
Alex Ballesteros
Is This A Rental Scam? Landlord Requiring Cash Deposit
I am on the verge of moving out & renting my first apartment unit (for myself), and I found a place that I am highly interested in, so i submitted an application for $25.00, along with a copy of some pay stubs, li...
Gayle Eisner
Tenants supplying their own credit reports?
In the last month or so I’ve received tenant applicants that would like to supply their own credit reports? I have always ran their credit report and charged them. I use my own company that I work with. I hate to los...
Gareth Lim
LLC vs Liability Insurance vs Umbrella Insurance
I am a newbie buy-and-hold investor, and in the process of procuring my first rental property, a duplex. I want to make sure that I have the ownership structure set up well, to ensure the best asset protection.I have ...
Chris Martin
Brokerage "owner" vs. "owner/operator" for a new business model
Unlike fast food franchises, I'm not seeing where real estate brokerage franchises are set up as "owner" franchises. It seems like 99% (or more) of real estate brokerages are "owner/operator" set-ups. The "owner" i...
Anish Patel
Hoping to BRRRR. Thoughts on these GC Bids?
Hi everyone,I'm in contract for this property with a couple business partners. Inspection came fairly clean, but as you can see there is plenty of work to be done. I'm in the process of collecting bids from GCs, but t...