Cory B.
Buying my first home to eventually rent it out in a couple years.
My wife and I are purchasing our first home. We have 130k in savings combined. She find a town house she loves which is new construction in a great area for 256k. My plan would be to live in the house for a couple yea...
Ben H.
Tenant asks to move in a non-family member
New tenant asks if a non-family member can move in (friend of fiancée). Says he's willing to pay the application fee and have a background check.1) I'm grateful she asked.2) What are your thoughts? If mom or daughter ...
Elizabeth Taras
300k and first time investor (New Jersey)
It’s a tough market out here in New Jersey both with this high market and the high interest rate right now. I am selling my current business and will have about 300k that I would like to avoid paying taxes as much a...
Chris Dawson
Cost Segregation - First Investment Property
Hi, I am in the process of purchasing my first investment property. I am looking at a house close to my primary residence for around 1.8M; I plan to rent it out for the first year while I obtain permits and plans to b...
Gregory Pleshaw
Relocating to Tucson, Arizona
Greetings, Gregory Pleshaw. I'm a former journalist in business, tech and fine arts who is currently an Uber driver with real estate investment aspirations. I have absolutely zero experience in real estate, which in...
Lamont A.
Stop Coming by My House!!
Hello BP,Wondering if anyone else has had this issue before and how did you solve it. I have a tenant that has been coming by my personal residents and putting the rent in my mailbox without my knowledge.(back Story) ...
Mike Schorah
Is rental property investing forever doomed?
Rent growth has not kept the pace of home appreciation. - In the largest 588 cities in the U.S., the average (unweighted) cash-on-cash return is -6.5%. - Since the Great Recession 10 years ago, you got a growth rate o...
William Huston
Never Landlorded, What makes you do it over paying a PM
Hello All, I am going through growing phases in learning how to properly invest in real estate. For the last 12+ years i purchased properties and turned them into rentals as i switched duty stations in the military. O...
Account Closed
2 unit property lawn care maintance (bottom and top)
Hi everyone, looking for some feedback on how to handle lawn care maintained for my 2 unit ( unit on bottom and one on top)
I have a lease with the newer tenant who moved into the top unit back in December that she ...
Marc C.
The NEW Dodd-Frank-exempt Lease Option Concept
The NEW lease-option design...As I understand it, one of the requirements of the new Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, birthed from the Dodd-Frank legislation, is that ANY lender in an installment sale has to verify...