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Hi, I am looking for some opinions.I am about 6 months into my journey in real estate, when I stated I was looking to diversify my portfolio and put about 20% of my wealth in real estate. I have worked hard in my ca...
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I was wondering if you guys include principal deduction as part of the cash on cash return calculations. I mean the equity is yours and will be able to cash out upon sale.
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I have a rental which used to be my primary that tenants have been renting for 16 months on a 24 month lease.. The fridge has broken and I replaced it the next day with a full size working standard 19 ft fridge/freez...
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I am a new investor and i am in the middle of closing on my first house . I've been listening to the bigger pockets podcast and have read several blogs and I'm curious to know why most of the investors suggest to get...
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I just purchased a triplex in Chelsea (East Boston area). My plan now is to slowly update the units and improve the quality of the tenant base. 2 of the units are occupied, I'll be updating kitchen and bathroom in the...
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I just got a house for $120,000. it will be worth $240,000 minimum when I'm done and go to sell it. What are some ways that I can increase the resale on it other than updating kitchen and baths. $240,000 would be the ...
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Hello All (Hopefully this is the right forum for this discussion!)I recently bought a condo that was owner-occupied for 30 years - and the owner was a big time smoker. The ceilings and walls are disgusting! The smel...
clearly down in pics, but what about showings by appointment?
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So a couple months ago I had a leak from an HVAC unit in one . the HVAC is over 30 years old... the leak was fixed but the water of course sat under the laminate wood floors and now I’m dealing with trying to repair t...
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Hi all, we have two tenants (I'll call them Jane and Alice ) on a 1-year lease which began in December.They did several things to violate our lease agreement which included 1) bringing in a 3rd tenant without telling ...