Khouri Rice
1 furnace (gas heat) in a duplex, best way to get tenants to pay for heat
I have a couple of duplexes (upper and lower in each building) and each duplex has one furnace for both upper and lower units, I am paying the utilities right now, but would really like to have the tenants pay for ...
Bobby Hughes
Need advice on Flip
Hi everyone,I am new to real estate investing. I decided to purchase my first house for a flip a few months ago. I purchased the house, built in 1950, for $49,000 with funds from my newly formed Self directed IRA set ...
Martina Pollard
Seeking Advice on Purchasing Our Duplex & Investment Strategies
Hi everyone, This is my first post, so apologies if I should've tagged something different.
My husband and I live on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, and we’ve been exploring ways to achieve financial indepen...
John Pearson
First Time Poster- Cash Out Refi or Sell
Hello, I would like some advice on a property that my family owns.It is two SFR's on one lot (detached) in LA County that was bought in the early 80's and is now owned free and clear. It has an NOI of ~30,000 and I th...
Julie Marquez
Tenant Turnover: Took Me 15 Days, How Long Does It Take You?
I just went through my first major tenant turnover on a 2000 sf house. It wasn't that bad, just cleaning and minor stuff and finding a new tenant. It took us 15 days total, and I documented the entire process here on ...
April L.
I'm Doing All the Work. Is This Typical with a Real Estate Agent?
I've been working with an agent for a few months now to buy my first STR property in the North Georgia mountains, but it feels like I'm doing all the work. She has me on an email drip but the criteria stinks and I can...
Alex Simon
Hell on Earth: Flipping in a Historical District
Hell on EarthA Story About the World’s Worst Real Estate Flip.As I sit down at my desk to write this story, I actually don’t know the outcome of this home flip. What I do know, is that whether I lost money, broke eve...
Don Konipol
Why I Believe Striving to Build Passive Income is Overrated
Why I Believe Striving to Build Passive Income is OverratedThis may seem like a disingenuous statement coming from a passive income guy, BUT, I believe that those looking to build sustainable look term wealth would be...
Kate K.
How to valuate deductions from Security Deposit properly?
Our property is in Lake County, IL and we are going through a 1st transition from 1st tenants to our 2nd ones. Tenants that moved out this month, left some damages behind (some repairable and some not) as well as didn...
Craig De Borba
Looking for guidance - here’s the scenario, your thoughts?
Hi All,I’ve been learning a lot reading though the threads in this community and finally have something to post about.My background: RE appraiser and loan financing way back pre-2008 crash, helped family landlord mult...