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Well, I close on my first investment property on Friday - crazy timing, I know. It is a small 4-unit property and I will be moving into the only vacant unit (owner occupy). I will be inheriting tenants for the other t...
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What will you add to your next lease? I use a ezLandlord forms which allow you to pick and choose some rules for the property and ensure you are 100% legal for your state (no I don't work for them). They cover a lot...
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Hi. I am curious if you buy and hold landlords put more money on your mortgage payments, or somewhere else. I am talking about cash flow. After all expenses, say a property is producing $400 monthly cash flow. The...
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Hi All,I'm new to real estate investing, based on the westside of Los Angeles. Part of my motivation is seeing the impact of housing scarcity and affordability in California.Currently exploring 'lower cost' entry poin...
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The tenant thinks I'm responsible to pay to trap a skunk that's bothering them by hanging out stinking up the yard and messing with their cat . Seems a stretch to me, but the wife said if it were rats in the yard we'...
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9 Months ago I finally got back to the US after living in Japan for 6 years and almost coming back once. My current apartment lease is up in January '19 and my first US job in ages will have it's one year anniversary ...
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To help absorb the carrying costs of financing flip properties, I agreed to remodel an unfinished basement in exchange for a lower-than-market rent for myself. Now that its complete, I see how badly the area under the...
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Hi everyone, my first post here.
I'm buying my first home and it's a foreclosure. Been empty for a year and only on the market for 5 weeks when I put a offer on it. We went under verbal contract Oct. 18, then under...
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OK guys here's the story.
I go to the Texas MH dealers class about 2 weeks ago to learn the sate law on buying and selling MH's. Took the class, passed the test, decided not t...
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Hello BP member!
I issued a secure note to a LLC of a sole member, he unfortunately died this week. The note is backed up by a property and is a commercial note due to mature on October 18, 2020.
I'm not expecting...