Roy C.
The logic behind long term tenants
I don't understand people who are long term tenants, and the logic behinds it bothers me. They are paying monthly rent to other people, which doesn't make sense to me. If they have money to pay rent each month for lon...
James Tedrow
Joe Biden wants to trash the 1031 exchange
What do you all think about Joe Biden's tax plan and the elimination of the 1031 exchange?Moderator Note: This post turned into a political discussion, which is not allowed per our rules. This thread has been locked. ...
Stephen Witkowski
Why Do I Need A Real Estate Agent?
Hi everyone!I’m a new real estate investor. I’ve started to learn more, browse the forums, listen to podcasts, and attend meetups. I keep seeing people seek out and utilize real estate agents, but I’m not sure why.Sim...
Mary R.
Wikileaks shut down
when you go after the banks......
http://www.wikileaks.com/
Account Closed
City suing landlord for $1.2 million for 'illegal' airBNB rentals
City apparently feeling unheard when landlord and airBNB appear to be dismissive about rental ordinances.http://nypost.com/2017/05/14/city-smacks-landlord-...Here you have landlord suing tenant for $300,000 for illega...
Bienes Raices
Mortgage was sold to Ocwen--what to expect?
The mortgage on my personal residence was just sold by GMAC to Ocwen. I'm pretty nervous because there's tons of horror stories on the web about Ocwen (saying the payment wasn't sent in when it was, and many other mis...
Robert M.
claim of service dog after violating pet clause
Slightly high maintenance tenant brought cats into one of my SFHs. My property manager told them not allowed. They said they removed them. Months later a German Shepard is reported there by neighbors ( my best propert...
Loreen Flaherty
Norada real estate
I see several positive posts regarding investing thru norada 7 mos ago but would love to hear from anyone with more recent dealings with them. I am in the process of looking at turn key investments in Memphis, Kansas ...
Joel Ray Cotton
My first rental deal, a short novel summary.
Hello, My goal here is to educate others on the forums of things that may or may not be covered in the thousands of posts on this wonderful website, that happened on my first deal, which happened to be a 6 property o...
Julian Le
"Green" Looking to Switch Career Engineer to REI Tampa, Florida.
Hello BP, My name is Julian Le. I am a 23 year old engineer with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology. I currently work at an engineering consulting firm. Starting out I am making around 52K. I’ve done rel...