Jim Zatko
Mortgage on a rental
For most of you that do a buy and hold strategy... how long of a mortgage do you get and why? For instance, a 10 year, 15 year, 30 year?
Sunil Gadi
Can one make New Braunfels as their main SFR portfolio city ?
I am kind of newbie and I purchased my first rental in New Braunfels TX recently. Currently, I get zero cash flow on the property.
I noticed that successful single family rental investors choose a city, stick to it a...
Nick Brubaker
Lender requiring insurance be switched to my name instead of LLC
Hello all,
I have a rental property bought with cash (no original financing) and owned under an LLC. I later refinanced it. My insurance policy has recently been discontinued and replaced with a similar policy (reall...
Honza Vosalik
Getting LLC for first investment? Getting mortgage?
I'm considering getting a first rental. I'm considering getting an LLC mostly to protect current personal assets. Would you suggest to get the LLC or not and why? Is it possible to get a mortgage for the LLC?
Ivan Lai
MACK victim -Looking for a Property Management company in Chicago
Hello all, I have two properties in Chicago area, bought them through MACK and let them manage my properties. I'm one of the MACK victims, they haven't paid me a penny since March and I was slow to learn about their ...
Robert Calabro
Use cash on cash return over the "1% rule"
I've had several conversations recently with new investor clients trying to buy their first rental, and the first question most people ask is "how do I know if it will make a good investment?" My go-to calculation for...
Joe S.
Tenant catches stove on fire then wants us to get another one.
We have a property that’s being managed by a PM and has a tenant that wants another stove. We placed a brand new higher end stove in there right before the tenant moved in. Now the tenant is saying that it caught fire...
Ashley Thomas
Tenant Noise Complaints - Best way to handle
Hello BP Community - I'm Ashley. I am new to BP and relatively new to landlording as well. My first (and only) deal is a 3 unit multifamily building that I'm currently house hacking. I live on the first floor and have...
Gina Cabell
Can I keep part of a security deposit for a broken garbage disposal.
I had a brand new garbage disposal installed in my rental property 2-3 years ago. I recently had a mid term renter call me last month to tell me that it was broken. When he moved in, I gave him written instructions ...
Mike Carpenter
Is trading STRs for vacations a thing?
Do people trade or barter their STRs for vacations? In other words, I'll let you stay at my STR for a week if you let me stay at yours. Maybe compare based on ADR or similar.Is that a thing? If so, where do people do ...