Kyle Howard
What are the benefits in buying inner city distressed properties?
I’m currently in the Baltimore market and looking for some of the benefits to buying in the hood. There’s a large inventory of properties and higher cap rates plus we’ve seen what happened in philly and I definitely d...
Frank Jennings
Dealing with a Toxic Tenant
I bought my first investment property, a duplex, 6 months ago. From the start a tenant was very angry and difficult. He said he had bad experiences with previous landlords and he trusted no one. I have responded quick...
Michael Dunn
Appraiser saying house can not go FHA 203K .....
So I just " re-talked " with the appraiser that came out a week and a half ago, to do the appraisal on the property I am trying to purchase.When he came out, he said that there were certain issues with the house , an...
Steven Davis
Fantastic Four-plexes - a great place to start and stay?
First of all, I am a new real estate investor. My general strategy is buy-and-hold. I live in crazy California, so my real estate world is pretty bizarre.But, I think that a first time investor should think about star...
Britnie Batish
Sold a flip home, but new owner keeps calling
We finished our fourth flip home which was our biggest flip yet. We had to have the house almost completely rebuilt, but we felt really good about the product we were selling. It had almost everything new. The new own...
Gillian Thackray
NNN v. other commercial - which really has the best returns?
Hi Everyone - Thanks for all your valuable discussion and willingness to share advice. Tapping into the wisdom and thinking of folks who have greater perspective/different perspective and experience is so very valuab...
Sam Bhullar
REIPro vs REImobile
Does anyone of the real estate professionals here has tried REIPro or REImobile? Both seem great to me but REIPro seemed to offer more on leads side whereas REImobile has streamlined connectivity with lead propeller w...
Jane Z.
Nervous about renting out first rental property
Just finish repairing my first rental property. It is a ranch home with 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms. Nice, clean, lots of trees and privacy in a good school district. My property manager took some pictures last Wednesay an...
Spencer Cuello
Rent Collecting Software
Hi All!I am a new landlord for a small multi-family and am considering having my tenants pay through Venmo/PayPal or I could invest in a software like Apartments.com Rental Manager or RentRedi. Does anyone have experi...
Aaron Junck
"50% rule"
As far as the "50% Rule" goes.
When you evaluate a property and you say 50% of the monthly gross rents should be figured for expenses prior to servicing any debt, does this vary much if you are going with new constru...