Marco Fontana
Remote Real Estate Investing; Estimating Reno Costs
Hi everyone. New member here looking to get started in buy and hold rentals. I'm having some issues wrapping my head around how to get renovation cost estimates when investing remotely, or even in my area. I live in B...
Scott Jones
First Rental Property Advice
Fairly new to this site but love the solid advice and experience residing here. Here is my deal I want feedback on:Duplex, great looking home in a historic district. Decent area with average crime. Low point is an...
Diana Villalon
[Calc Review] Help me analyze this deal, Inner cities Milwaukee.
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Trevor Schumann
Where is the best location in the U.S. to buy cash flowing properties?
I work for a fortune 500 co. and can transfer virtually anywhere in the country. I am looking at starting my real estate portfolio this year, and since I have nothing holding me down to Houston (my current location...
Matt Jones
How many days can I expect a beach condo to stay rented?
I am trying to calculate potential returns on a short term investment property, specifically a Pensacola Beach rental. I’ve nailed down rates per season but I’m not sure how to figure occupancy. For those of you tha...
Jade Davis
For LL's that manage their own properties-- what do you use to handle finances?
Hi fellow BP'ers!After much hemming and hawing about it, I decided that I would like to manage our first property on my own in the beginning rather than hire a property manager from the get-go. I want to at least know...
Nathan J.
Should Property Managers charge an additional fee to find tenants?
Hi all,It seems some property managers look to charge one months rent to find a tenant, on top of the 10% of rent collected. Is that normal? It seems that a property manager should be incentivised to keep tenants long...
Joe Kim
Rental Arbitrage -how to do airbnb without BUYING
Lots of people have asked me how to start doing a "Rental Arbitrage" in STR (short term rentals - Airbnb is most popular but VRBO is another way).Rental arbitrage is you as the investor rents a home and becomes the te...
Mick Harvey
Tenant wants high speed internet
Have a great national tenant. Pays bills on time and takes care of commercial building. They spoke with AT&T and will cost $50k to run service to building. They are willing to pay it but wants added to rent.
If w...
Shiv B.
Tenant wants security deposit to be applied to last month rent
Hello all - My tenant's lease ends July 31 and I did not receive last month rent for July. On inquiring the tenant informed me their deposit (equal to one month rent) should be applied to last month rent. The lease sp...