Jon Gorham
Texas REI - Property Taxes
Hello BP community,I’m looking into buy & hold properties in the Dallas Ft. Worth area, but I’m concerned about the high property taxes in Texas. Can anyone tell me about the “basic homestead exemption”? I’d like ...
Wendy Man
Minneapolis rent stabilization working group
"Minneapolis group recommends strict rent-control plan to City Council"The group split with 14/25 voting to recommend a strict rent-control plan like the one that St. Paul passed last year, and 11/25 to recommend a pl...
Carlo D.
Considering doing longer leases
Are longer leases a good option to consider? If I was considering a 2 or 3 year lease. And maybe offer no increase during that period or maybe a small increase below market rates. Is that a thing? Any disadvantages in...
Casey Jones
Arkansas Realtor new to the BP forums
I'm still in my first year as a Realtor here in Arkansas and I've been listening to BP and Real Estate Rookie podcasts every day trying to get the most information I can possibly take in! Looking to get my first flip ...
Jimmy H.
Structuring Owner Financed Deals
I am in the market for long term buy and hold rental properties. I have the cash to acquire a couple of units but would rather use that cash as a down payment in an owner financing scenario. I do not believe that I am...
Will Morrison
Bank accounts for investment properties
As an agent here in Western North Carolina I have been posed the question by a client whether or not it is better to have a separate bank account per investment property or to have all the income flow into one account...
Chris Adams
4 Tenants in a SFR
Oh the joy of having to find tenants in November !
One of my tenants is moving out over Thanksgiving weekend, he gave me 60 days notice and understands he will not be receiving his last months rent back if I ...
Jon Cave
Finding STR's that work with a mortgage
Hey, hive mind.I'm a flipper who's not having a great time flipping. I'd really like to get into STR's and I'm trying to figure out how people find STR's that work even with a mortgage. Is this a situation where you n...
Eric Healy
$450,000 in equity, what do I do?
Hello BP!I have a good problem. I have a SFH rented out in the Seattle area, about three miles from Amazon’s HQ. It has gone up a lot in the last few years. It now has about 450K in equity. I have it rented and cash f...
Chan Park
My fairly new tenant CAN'T PAY rent
This has been an ongoing issue since the beginning and I'm learning the hard way to screen tenants properly. A family began to rent our newly built house in June and after about a month, the wife had been diagnosed wi...