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Chinmay Patel Request for Legal Advice Regarding Negligent Contractor Work
16 July 2025 | 2 replies
This improper installation caused the initial inspection to fail.
Drew Smith Charging Tenant Extra Rent for Not Providing Notice Question
1 July 2025 | 3 replies
It would be unfair to charge them another $1400.
Sam Mohler Best program for initial stages of renting
2 July 2025 | 12 replies
(time is a finite resource, and the signal to noise ratio is not beneficial)NOTE:  I pasted the post from an earlier contribution I made;  I now charge $250/$25 per pet, FWIW
Wilson Pereira Revocable Trust Setup
24 July 2025 | 9 replies
I had initially asked for a single trust given the simplicity of our situation but the estate planning lawyer pushed back saying most of his clients do two separate trusts for asset protection and that he would not recommend we do a single trust.
James Lucenti How to Analyze a Commercial Property
10 July 2025 | 0 replies
Income includes gross rent plus any additional income (laundry, parking, charging stations, billboards, etc).
Carissa Atendido Out of state investing - Hire a property manager / Self-Manage + Home Warranty
30 July 2025 | 18 replies
If your rent is $1500/month and the PM charges 10%, $150 per month is usually not going to break your cash flow.
Brian Gerace Syndication Distributions Questions
28 July 2025 | 13 replies
From the investor's perspective though, every distribution is a return of capital until all initial capital is returned.
Kevin Lindahl HELOC Advise for Debt Consolidation
16 July 2025 | 5 replies
If they wanted to do that, they would just change the pricing matrix and charge more. 
Rodney Lorenzo Avoid Revolution Properties LLC at all costs
19 July 2025 | 89 replies
Additionally, he never charged me a "percentage" of the rent roll as stated in the agreement.
Michael McCrimon Information on how to determine rehab costs
16 July 2025 | 4 replies
.#4 Contact Local Contractors For PricingLabor pricing is a little harder to accurately predict, because contractors will all charge different prices and pricing can vary substantially from contractor-to-contractor.To familiarize yourself with labor pricing, you could pay a GC $200 to $300 to walk through a few properties and provide budget pricing for typical repairs.#5 Build Out Your Database in a Spreadsheet Once you start to get a better understanding of Labor and Material costs you will want to store this data into a spreadsheet or software that you can use to help you streamline the estimating process.#6 Practice, Practice, PracticeWalk through distressed fixer-upper properties (or find properties virtually online) and practice creating detailed scopes of work, quantifying repairs and estimating rehab costs for the projects.This will help you get acquainted with common rehab repairs, rehab costs & estimating terminology.#7 Get Your First Rehab Project!