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...
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...
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...
Ryan Stumbo
Is Cash on Cash Return Irrelevant in Arizona?
So, recently I have been trying to branch out and buy real estate in other states. I'm currently working in Arizona so I thought "hmm it's nice out here, I should try to get a property or two while I'm out here." I am...
Shalom Shore
Help! Am I doing something wrong? Do I have what it takes?
I'm turning the community in the hopes that you can talk me off the ledge. Or at least provide some support or advice. I dreamed of investing in real estate for years. I networked my ass off and managed to buy four pr...
Jordan Bowley
Unique Approach to Mortgage Loans (cross-collateralization)
Hello again BG Bloggers! (I posted this earlier in another forum on accident!)
I am looking for anyone who has experience or a potential POC for someone who may know or has used cross-collateralization to negotiate a...
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