15 January 2026 | 2 replies
I also have two additional unit turnovers scheduled next month, which adds to the strain.Additional challenges include heavy smoking inside the unit (despite it being against the lease), which has caused significant odor damage, and the fact that the property only has street parking, limiting the future tenant pool.
13 February 2026 | 34 replies
Perhaps you buy a 6 unit property and separate utilities or replace the heating system to lower expenses thereby causing your appraised value to jump allowing you to refi out more money later or to make better cash-flow or both. 3.
16 January 2026 | 4 replies
If you’ve never owned class D property in a “tough” area you aren’t cognizant of the ultra high expenses of operating these properties; the amount of time it can consume; and the brain damage it can cause.
22 January 2026 | 98 replies
The Cape Coral Code Compliance officer showed the roofer the various emails to BTC, which left the roofer very unhappy as he then knew he had been misled and made him liable for a fine for illegally performing work while a red stop work order was in place.BTC appears to be continuing to cause damage to customers and other contractors.
15 January 2026 | 16 replies
In certain situations additional lien on credit and excessive trade lines can cause future DTI issues, lower scores and denials on future loans.The rates our lower on mortgages versus Heloc right now and the terms are longer for example 30 year mortgage versus a 8-10 year Heloc and most carry prepayment penalties so if you want to pay it off early they can hit you with a prepay penalty of 6% or higher.Refinance allows you to have cash in hand and avoid the scary "What if" factor meaning loss job, lost income, late payment, over leveraged and if any of these things happen your credit limit gets reduced and in most cases closed completely.
27 January 2026 | 21 replies
Ok thanks but unfortunately the tenant deleted everything and ring is saying I can't create a new account cause she removed everything attached to my account for the address.
2 January 2026 | 26 replies
Your best bet is to ensure that there are no material modifications that would in any way harm or even moderately delay the ability to rent it out and qualify as a normal SFR (one lease, one family) or sell on the market to an owner-occupant
11 February 2026 | 32 replies
You build experience and equity first, then come back to a Bay Area purchase later.How to decide quicklyIf the monthly payment for a San Jose purchase would push your budget, cause stress, or eliminate your ability to save, then it is not the right time to buy there.
11 January 2026 | 17 replies
I say that because if part of the deposit is considered for the pet, and the other part of the deposit is just security deposit, then you can only use the pet deposit for damages caused by the pet.
26 January 2026 | 17 replies
Surprises cause more pushback than the number itself.You don’t need to raise rent every year aggressively, but never reviewing rent annually is how margins slowly disappear.