The Real Estate Bowl

Do you do multi year leases? Any gotchas other then locked in rent? Tenant is interested in a 2 year lease so I wanted to make sure that’s okay.

The apartment I'm buying will be closed 30 days & will be my primary residence. Issue is there are tenants living there & their lease expires 5 months from now.
The current owner said I will be given rent f… more

Buying my first condo for $200k, thinking of 40k down. The offer was accepted just today morning. My agent said the closing will be within 40 days.


Anything I need to check with attorney, mortgage offi… more

Getting my real estate sales license so I can represent myself and maybe friends in deals. Anyone know a good brokerage to sign with that will give me a good commission split? For context, I’m in Aust… more

If anyone is interested in buying a NEW home in Texas, let me know and I’ll split the commission, paid at closing towards your closing costs. Anywhere in Texas. I’m a Realtor trying to get the sales c… more

Anybody done private lending to a wholesaler/ real estate investor before?

Estimating ARV for a flip, and the houses seem to fluctuate $50-80K in price. This area is mid-gentrified, so there’s plenty of newly remodeled homes that all look pretty identical. I can’t seem to find any reason why one se… more

I am currently looking into getting my Real Estate License in upstate South Carolina. Any advice on schools, what broker to work for and new Real Estate Agent tips and tricks?

Who has a Lender that does Itin loans 5% down?

Does it make sense for me to get my GC License? What are the added benefits?

I am getting to the point where I’m doing 2-3 flips (in parallel) every 6mo or so

How are the top 3 commercial real estate firms characterized? Does one specialize in an area that others do not?

CBRE C&W JLL

For those who bought 2020 or earlier, what was the average yearly amount of appreciation for your property value?

We refinanced our home in January planning to use cash out for home improvement (pool). We changed our mind and invested in a rental property. Due to TCJA do we have to limit the mortgage interest ded… more

What would you do with 70k?

Out of state landlord here. My current tenant wants to break the lease early because of next door neighbors. Apparently they are loud, burn trash in the backyard. My tenants also heard a gunshot coming from that … more

I work at Dragons production and I’ve been here for 5 months now, blasting water/oil tanks with grid. Getting paid 19, just got asked if I wanted to jump up to QA inspection, and I don’t know how much… more

I put an offer of $44k higher on a multi-unit property than what I think it is worth, because there were multiple offers. They accepted my offer, and we are now in the inspection/attorney review stage, which ends… more

Recently bought a house and considering renting out a room, but even if I didn’t would a cost segregation analysis be worth paying for if the house was built in 1982 and cost ~800k?

Is paying less than 25% of net household income on mortgage really the standard for buying a home? I make 120K and my net income is about 6K per month after taxes and 401K, health insurance, etc. This… more

Good friend asking me to enter a RE deal. He gave me this: Going in at 8.8 % cap rate with upside to 9.8% cap
Return 40% of equity with in the first 12 months( bank is funding earn out)
7 years IO at 5.… more

I’d like to start the process of buying my first home or apartment. I need to get pre approved from a lender. Does it matter who you get pre approval from? Should I shop around for a pre approval bank… more

Entertaining the idea of purchasing a rental property with a friend in the next few months. Idea is to purchase a 3 bedroom as our primary residence for the first year (third room will be occupied by … more

If my parents "gift" me $40k so I can use it as a bridge to be able to put a down payment on a home I want to purchase, will I be taxed on it? I will pay them back as soon as I sell my curre… more

First time landlord, Tenant is saying there are lot of ants coming through the vent in the master bedroom. What’s the solution and how should this be handled? Renter is asking me to buy Terro pods and… more

First year into multi family, real estate investing, and as I am doing my taxes, curious to see how the balance sheet looks for you all and where I can improve and educate myself more.
For the first ye… more

Interested in buying some investment property but no idea where to start. Any book recommendations / things I should be considering here at the outset?

Hi Fishes! I am a newb and hoping to learn... How much cash do I need to save to buy a rental property in the Bay Area? Peninsula, SF, South Bay?

What’s the best way to collect rents? Anyone using zillow payments?

As landlords do you keep security cameras on the outside of your property (with your tenants knowledge)?

What are some nice things you do for your tenants throughout the year?

How do you all see the market going? I am looking at buying a foreclosure, and renting it out. A mentor of mine that does housing advised me against it due to the “market crash” but I don’t see it hap… more

Does anybody have recommendations for a CPA in MA? Have rental income now so need help.

Florida Landlord Tenant Lawyers - Question

Landlord currently has a tenant whose lease expired 3-4 years ago and the guy has been living there month to month ever since on a verbal agreement to pay rent, which he … more

Fellow investors: Any insights or best practices to share from your experiences around tenant screening? Particularly interested to learn about your bad tenant experiences (if any) and how you’d modif… more

I need some help. I'm in ontario and my friend rented out a house to a family. This family has not paid rent in the past 9 or so months. My friend has a lawyer and all eviction related documents h… more

Is 5.625 a good rate these days?

I’m a new investor looking to buy my first fix + flip. My realtor scheduled a informational convo with a hard money lender tomorrow. Any tips and questions that I should ask ?