Jacob A.
Preventative measures for pets
I'm a Landlord who allows tenants to keep pets, although my patience is slowly wearing thin due to the odors they leave behind. I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions as to ways to limit pet odors/damage. An an examp...
Lucas LeBlanc
Private funding: Solo 401k / SD IRA
My girlfriend and I are quitting our 9-5's to fully jump into real estate investing, but we have a few questions around funding that I'm looking for input on. We will be consulting a RE lawyer at some point, but I'm h...
John DeFoor
Background on Section 8 renters.
I just purchased my first rental property and have been considering doing Section 8 rental on this property. The question that I have is about the income requirements that I would like to use. I would like to see 3x t...
Phil M.
REO offer procedure questions
My partner and I spent all of our saturday searching local REO properties in our area. All together we looked at 28 of them mostly semi-attached, single-family or 2 family homes. Now, we got out of the car, checked th...
Rose Davis
When should i pay my contractors
Should a contractor receive 75% up front or should they be paid in smaller increments?
Jim Morris
Has anyone been extorted/threatened for the deposit back?
Team-We've had a really smooth 5 years of renting until now. My head is still spinning a little over the text we received from our tenant that just moved out. They have been good renters over the year, so I'm really s...
Chris Utter
I have a problem I need advise on
Looking at this now, I should have posted this a while ago... Two months ago a situation came up for one of my rentals. Two of my tenants were arrested, sent to jail, and will not be returning anytime soon. The one te...
Sam Leon
Late rent - habitual
I have never had someone who pays late all the time.
In the past I had a few tenant late a few days here and there, and even though I have it in the lease a late fee after the 3rd day, I have never enforced i...
Chootar Laal
Extremely arrogant and offensive tenant - how to deal?
What is the correct way to deal with a tenant that gets extremely offensive in both emails and in person? Basically 2 out of the 3 people in the apartment act this way, 1 is much much worse.
He has not physically th...
Johana Villamil
Having issues with my General Contractor
I am having problems with my GC. We are 6 months into a whole house gut job and I feel like we are wasting a lot of time. There are days even weeks that no work gets done. His communication with me is terrible. He nev...