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July 26, 2021
Can You Afford a New Roof?
By Ron Hurtibise
Many Fla. homeowners could soon find it difficult to get private market insurance coverage on their homes, as a result of big losses insurers say are partia...
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I am new to investing, but I am a real estate attorney in RI, MA, and CT. Currently living in RI. I was thinking about purchasing my first property in Florida (long distance; likely a single family), but I do not pl...
I have my first property. I’m going to put it online “for rent” this week. Any advice on questions I should ask potential tenants?
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So I purchased a "Turnkey" single family home in Detroit (specifically Taylor) last year. Things started going south almost immediately. Rents were late almost every month, then the renter decided to move out, and sin...
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Hello all,Looking for any advice and insight on steps to take to recoup funds used to close on a construction loan that would eventually be cancelled prior to the construction even starting or the maturity date.Backgr...
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Hello, has anyone had success with Dave Lindahl's sponsorship program that guarantees a sponsor for 12mos ? I going to jump into the program. I'd love to hear your experience, good or bad. It appears the reward ...
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A college student called who wanted to see the place. I asked him if one of his parents was going to be the cosignor and he said no. I told him that I needed gross income to be at least 3X the monthly rent and he said...
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Hello everyone, my name is Johnny I live outside of the Orlando area and its been a long dream of mine to get into real estate investing for a long time now, it has taken me this long to start because I thought you di...
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The tenant in one of my houses (so far very responsible, pays on time) wants her boyfriend to be able to live with her for a while. She volunteered the information, and he filled out a rental application, and I've ru...
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Hi guys -Looking for some quick advice - Would you use HR Block/TurboTax over a RE Tax Preparer if you were a small "start-up" in 2018? Why or why not? Thanks,John