Ivan Ivanov
How do you communicate with your tenants-text vs. email vs.letter
Hi all,Is text and/or email an acceptable way of discussing pending issues with your tenants? Or does any communication regarding rents, fees, utilities, etc. have to be done via mail? If for some reason you end up in...
Steve R.
Someone threatened tenant, stabbed holes in overhead garage door!
Hi All,I received a text from one of my tenants last night stating "some guy started threatening my boyfriend for some reason and came to our house while we weren't there and stabbed holes in the garage door... I just...
Eddie Wright
Evaluating townhomes and condos with HOAs when running numbers
Hello everyone!I just moved to Miami just under a month ago, and I'm currently living in Miami Beach (renting). I'm looking to buy my first property using conventional financing (have VA loan as an option or would be ...
Lynn McGeein
Never Ever Cosign a line of credit - Indebted for LIFE
Did you know you can be indebted for life to someone with no way to see the statement, close the account or even find out the current billing address for a loan you cosigned (or they say you cosigned, which is my prob...
John Jacobs
Private Money Lending--Requests Made by my Bank
Hello BP,
I have been a very active private money lender since 2014. I have a single member LLC (me as the sole member) that lends only to real estate investors. That is I do not lend to owner occupants. I only le...
Greg Carr
How To Break A Buyer's Representation Agreement
Q: How do I break my buyer's representation agreement (BRA)?A: The quickest answer? Don't sign one! Haha.Seriously, though, I get a few calls every month from an unhappy buyer who signed a BRA in DFW. They feel like t...
Erin Bryant
Using a contractor that is qualified by another contractor
i am working on my first rehab in Fl and we have been working with a contractor that has great reviews but we just learned before we signed the contract with him that he is qualified by another contractors license. I ...
Account Closed
IRS imposes $50 Penalty (to you?) if your 1099-MISC/S is missing Contractor's SSN/TIN
apparently in all of USA, per IRS.thus all the more reason to REQUIRE, per IRS, of all your contractors/subs, their corect SSN/TIN, as a condition of hire.what should be used to request it, litigiously, then? a W-9...
Aaron Scott
Tax implication on partner split at sale of property
So I'm going to lay out the situation the best I can and ask advice. First off, I'm in Alabama. Myself and a partner went in as partners on a flip deal, where he bought the house and we split the costs of rehabbing. I...
Khemaro N.
looking to do our dirst 1031 exchange
Hello All,We’re going to sell our triple decker in Rhode Island this year and would like to do a 1031 exchange. Can someone explain how the process work step by step. Thank you very much