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Results (2025)
Matthew Porcaro How should I take rent payments?
11 May 2017 | 8 replies

Hey Guys - what is everyone preferred way of taking rent payment? Only own two units currently, so I don't need a robust system just yet. How should I have my tenants pay me? Up until this point I've just been taking ...

John Fabros Maxing out VA loan with 6 units/commercial? (VA handbook Ch7)
27 July 2018 | 8 replies

Reading through the VA handbook:"If a property is to be owned by two or more eligible veterans, it may consist of four family units and one business unit, plus one additional unit for each veteran participating in the...

Glenn C Net Sheet formula
13 August 2007 | 5 replies

Hello

First post here after lurking in the shadows for a short time reading all the fantastic posts. Great site!

I'm currenty working on my 1st short sale. I'm putting together my package to send to the homeowners ...

Marc Belisle New landlord, how do you handle tenant lawncare
28 April 2017 | 8 replies

Hello all, Wife and I are looking to put up our first home for rent. Just wondering about some of the small things like lawn care and what is commonly expected and spelled out in leases. For instance, I don't need an ...

Brian Alterman Structuring/terms of small unsecured promissory note
1 May 2015 | 10 replies

Hi BP!I'm new to investing and have joined my local REIA. Learned a lot and have done some great networking to help me get into this business and learn. I came across an opportunity  to work with another investor in o...

Nathan Gesner Landlords beware!!! Tenants have a new way to cheat.
12 October 2023 | 11 replies

A property manager in Florida just received an application from someone using something called a "Renter's Identification Number" instead of a social security number. They've researched it and discovered this new serv...

Sam Schlacter Found the Tenant!!! (and more questions!)
14 February 2013 | 6 replies

After my multiple posts on all your help in how-to help on screening and other related rental criteria, I have finally found the tenant who is signing the lease on Saturday! To anyone interested from my previous post,...

Dakota Mivshek ADU - Refurbished Shipping Container
13 April 2017 | 13 replies

Hi All,As an agent I'm working with a client that had an interesting idea about an ADU. Of course I'm not at liberty to consult him on whether it would work well or not, but it got me curious. There is a company out o...

Robert Leach Quality vs Quantity...Keeping Up With The Changing Economy
5 October 2015 | 6 replies

Real estate has improved considerably from its darkest period of 2008/09 and likewise so has the work contractors find. When the housing bubble burst, contractors in general likely found themselves in a survival mode ...

Kevin McDonald How do you do Walkthrough with new tenant of property?
26 August 2015 | 11 replies

Newbie landlord have my second tenant moving in Saturday.  The first rental I had a real estate company find tenant and handle transaction, this one I am doing everything myself.  During the walkthrough on the first p...