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Hi All,Excited to be here as a new investor and first post. After speaking with a very reputable agent he's suggesting new construction in Madison, AL with the builder offering a rate buy down. My questions are:1. Is ...
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Good Afternoon Everyone,
I’m sure this question has been asked several thousand times, by Robert Kiyosaki fans, but I’m inquiring because I watch my uncle when I was younger purchase large commercial building and ren...
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Hello,
our property managers advised us of a violation of a lease at our property that was signed in May 2013. The lease allowed 2 small dogs, however the inspector noticed 5 small dogs (chihuahuas) when he a...
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Hi All,I'm looking at a 2 family property with a 3rd floor cottage set up (basically the attic converted to another apartment. Right now their gas and electric is hooked up to 2nd floor. It has it's own circuit breake...
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What is the biggest thing so far you have had to overcome? Did you have doubters that hounded you about the mistakes you were making? Did you have any health or family issues that you had to overcome? Originally I wa...
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pHello Everyone, I'm name is Charles and I'm currently located in Cincinnati, OH. I new to R.E. and I'm looking for help and ways to get started. My credit is not so good so I'm willing to save up my personal money to...
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Hey BP'ers,A few questions about the amounts you are saving every month for maintenance, vacancy, & cap ex.1) How do you keep track of it?2) Do you keep it all in one account? 3) What do you do with your excess (i...
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1. I am very interested in investing in Fractional First Trust Deeds. I am based in Northern California.From the Internet, I signed up to receive fractional trust deeds offers, however, the interest rates they offer v...
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I am hoping to get some advice/perspective. While holding a flexible, but full time job, how many properties can one person manage on their own before using a property management company? I currently have one duplex ...
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We've never had a policy one way or another about smoking. Just recently I have decided that I don't want to deal with the aftermath of our smoking tenants and have started insisting on non-smokers only. Easy to imple...