Anyone running a shared EV / car-share as an apartment amenity? Real numbers? We are thinking a Tesla w/ Self driving, using an app based. Envoy or some other Ridshare APP. Lease a Tesla for $495 a month- We have EV chargers on site. We own a 112-unit garden-style community in the Salem, OR area ...
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I’d love advice as well as pointing me toward more information. First time homeowner. I own a 1927 bungalow in north Portland that I’m house hacking with a full permitted, detached ADU that I rent for $2,035/mo (or gross up to 4k/mo on Airbnb in summer). Vacant for probably 6 days/yr. Mortgage is...
Hi All, I'm admitting a new member to my operating agreement and need to make several changes. My attorney now charges $470/hour. I appreciate their skill, and recognize the importance of the document, but can't believe how high rates are. I'm curious: What are your experiences and what rates do ...
I have signed on to Baselane, and three tenants are already sending me money. However, they are taking more than 3 business days to verify my identity. After I passed identity verification with Stripe, I was told they had no record of it; when I tried again, the Stripe website said I had to conta...
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Hey everyone — planning my first fix-and-flip and want to get as prepared as possible before I pull the trigger. Some background on where I'm starting from: I already own a house-hack property here in Portland — I live in the main house and rent out the ADU on a 12-month lease, so I've got some l...
For Real Estate Pros that have been in the game for 10+ years...what is your advice for joining a household corporate brokerage vs starting your own brokerage? I'm self-sufficient and have a great flat-fee set up with my current company that I personally cannot speak highly enough about.. With th...
We’re switching things up for November! For one night only, Investor Lab Portland is doing a live deal analysis night. Here at Investor Lab, we believe in the power of collaboration and learning from each other. And that’s where deal analysis night come in. It will give you a chance to see real d...
Anyone out there ever done a seller carry deal with no down payment and no interest? I was approached by my neighbor about an off market deal. She owns a rental property and we share a lot line. Her husband passed away unfortunately so she’s trying to offload the rental while she can still file j...
Hi all I have a strategy question for you all. I have purchased a 4 plex with hard money as well as used my HELOC from primary residence. I did a cash out refi on another investment property. The investment property is now in a LLC. I used that money to pay off the HELOC. I will use the rest to p...
Hi, I am new to flipping and creating a timeline of steps to complete a flip and would appreciate some advice. When you find a house do you tour it first with the General Contactor (GC) and have them make a statement of work before you make an offer? Do GC's agree to do that for free usually? Or ...
We were approached by Postal Advisory to negotiate a lease with the USPS. I’m new to this. What questions should I be asking? Does anyone have experience using Postal Advisory?
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Hello all, I am a new real estate investor with one active and successful rental in inner Portland. I love it, and it's great, but I have wanted to get my hands messier with taking a more distressed property and improving it, and gaining the resulting equity. I am not completely new to this, I ha...
Hi, We run a two-unit STR here in Portland. Two LLCs are involved - one owns the real estate (and another unrelated LTR property) and the other LLC operates the STR business. The STR business LLC leases to the real estate LLC. It might be overkill but we were advised to go this route by lawyers a...
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Hello, I’m looking for guidance on if a 1031 exchange is applicable in my situation. I currently own a single family rental property that I’m planning on selling. The sale price will most likely be around $500,000 and the mortgage is currently about $200,000. I plan on using the profits (let’s ju...