Tim Pommett
Can you have too few rental properties?
I'm a newbie, and recently attended my local DFW Real Estate Investment club this Saturday. I heard this interesting idea about a buy and hold philosophy in relation to vacancy:
Most investors don't own enoug...
Vicki K.
Tenant demands that she is present during all repairs
Hi Everyone,
I have a tenant who is becoming a royal pain in my neck. She does not allow anyone to enter the premises for purposes of making repairs or inspections (required city inspections that is) unless s...
Xuan-Thy (XT) Bui
Newbie from Canada, eh!
First I'd like to wish a happy and prosperous new year to everyone and may 2016 be the best one yet!...and on that note, hi! I should start off by helping you with the pronunciation of my name: "Swan-See". I'm origin...
Adam Sporinsky
How do people here define over leveraged?
In many of the BP podcasts, articles, and blogs, the idea comes up frequently that people who really have major issues during donwturns or in RE investing in general are people who buy wrong (pretty clear I think), or...
Michael Delpier
Houston - Is the market going soft?
Houston, Do we have a problem?I'm wondering if the market is softening in Houston Texas.Fair warning: I'm new to analyzing. And my information is from realtors web sites. (not raw data) But the data is reported to com...
Corey Dutton
The Story of a Loan ‘Shopper’
In the lending industry, there is a commonly used term called a “shopper” to describe a person who is calling every lender in town to find the best deal on a loan. Experienced lenders can usually spot a ‘shopper’ a mi...
Alex SImon
Discouraged by a Pattern Here
First of all, sorry if this comes off a bit negative. I'm posting it in the off-topic forum because I don't rightly know which forum it belongs in.Okay, so I've been doing some research into turnkey RE investing bec...
Nicholas Morris
Find a good agent and wanting to buy at a low price point.
So I live in CA and I want to buy a couple properties under 50k in the next couple months. Does it seem likes its hard to get a good agent (theyre busy) when you are at a low price point. I conctacted one agent thro...
Scott F.
Do you reward your Residents at their lease anniversary if so how
Do you reward your Residents at their lease anniversary, if so how?One of our policies is to reward a resident at their lease anniversary with a gift card to a very large national retail store in our market. The longe...
Dave W.
potential mentor--what red flags should I look out for?
A couple of weeks ago, I was at a local car wash waiting for my truck, & I called a mortgage broker about some info I sent him to get pre-qualified for a loan. A man standing nearby overheard part of my conversati...