Ashley Wolfe
Do you inspect each and every property?
We just had our first accepted offer on a house that I knew would have some underlying problems. After the general home inspection, we discovered WAY more than we were willing to take on for our first rehab/rent so w...
Chris Munichiello
What Are Signs of Gentrification Starting
What are some signs you see of any area that is gentrifying or about to gentrify to any veteran real estate investors or even people who have seen a bad neighborhood turn into well developed in a period of time ?
Sada Rafi
Showings while occupied with tenants
Hi all, I have tenants whose lease is up end of Sept and they asked to change it to month to month since they're new place will be ready either end of Oct or end of Nov. I have agreed and that's based on our lease doc...
Bryan Schwartz
Trusted vendor lists are gold as a RE investor...curious how people built theirs?
I'm working on building mine with the hopes of eventually dumping my current property manager and curious to hear from others:
1. Did you use traditional marketplaces like yelp, thumbtack, angi?
2. Is it common to p...
Wilson Hunter
Scummy realtor behavior in hot market
So I just had a verbal off market deal in place with a real estate agent in the Smokies who owns a lot of his own cabins (this is not someone who is active here!). I saw the property today while I was in town, agreed ...
Isaac Gwin
Worried I won’t be able to get in the market
So we all know the market is crazy right now - i don’t know much, read a couple books and have more I want to read. One year from graduating college. I keep seeing stuff over and over saying we’re due for a correction...
Daniel Hart
Need advice on a wholesale deal gone bad.. Some say I am liable..
I was pressured to place an auction bid on behalf of an acquaintance of mine. I didn't want to do it because I wanted the house for myself, but he told me he would hire someone else (and outbid me) if I said no. ...
James Brown
Rental application - do you accept joint tax return?
Hi everyone, I wanted to pick your brain on a question I run into lately. I recently listed an apartment for rent. One of the applicants applied for our apartment as a single applicant, but submitted a joint tax retur...
Luke Simonetti
How to convince motivated sellers to go with your offer
We pay for qualified leads in our area for motivated off-market home sellers. But it seems like the majority of the distressed seller leads that come through are "shopping around" for multiple offers. We may be the 3r...
John M.
Tax Accountant or HR Block?
Hi guys -Looking for some quick advice - Would you use HR Block/TurboTax over a RE Tax Preparer if you were a small "start-up" in 2018? Why or why not? Thanks,John