Justin Haberman
Lease mailed certified. Is it binding?
We will be closing on our first investment at the end if this month. It is a 15 space mobile home park in Southern Colorado. I know that one tenant will already be a difficult matter. Upon attempting to get an estopp...
Linda S.
Screening-- include overtime hours?
Hi BP Community,I just wanted to check in, and see what other landlords do with screening. Our property is a duplex, and one side requires $675/month or 3x income is $2,025 minimum income. A potential tenant recen...
Allyson Prock
Splitting a Lot or Building on Lot while leased
We are very new to this. We just finished renovating our first rental house. It is a 4bed/2bath house on 2 acres...which may not seem like a lot but in our suburban/metro area 1/8 acre is common. We'd like to split th...
Patrick Knock
How much to pay for a $400,000 house in Los Angeles
I've done a few fix and flips in the Dallas Ft. Worth Metro area, and I know that a general rule of thumb for buying properties is 70% of ARV minus repairs. The houses I flipped had an ARV of 100,000 each, so I bought...
Matthew Purvis
Maine Commercial lease agreement
Hello all,I purchased a commercial property back in November 2021. The lease is about to expire. Does anyone have a legal commercial lease for a market/deli or know a good place to get one? They do sell beer to go but...
Courtney Murray
Looking for agents input for finders fees
I spoke to an agent today in reference to a house we are interested in, and explained to her what being an investor is about as she asked.
She mentioned she has seen a couple of houses that are distressed, and knows ...
Josiah Collins
Estimating Rental Property Expenses
I'm currently looking at properties throughout the Fresno, CA area. Specifically looking at multi-family units and will be looking to purchase 1-2 properties this year. My first rental property was something decided...
Andrew Kubik
Transitioning from Corporate World into Property Mgmt
Hello BiggerPockets Community! I live in the Nashville area, currently work in corporate finance and have my CPA. I manage a couple of rentals on the side (one long term and one STR). I'm looking to transition into th...
Joel A.
How to use hsa funds for purchasing real estate?
Does anyone know how you go about using funds from an hsa account for purchasing real estate? Are there any specific rules or forms for it or is just a matter of using the money then indicating on your taxes that the ...
Ed Neuhaus
Start a church and pay no taxes?
I was watching Last Week Tonight last week and it seem that there is a easy way to "start a church" and pay no taxes on income. Wondering if we can apply this to Buy and Hold real estate. No property tax or income t...