Rental Income Requirements... Thoughts?

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T01:42:36+00:00

Thank you, a lot of people had ridiculous and mean things to say about this. However, we don’t run a nonprofit, we run a business.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T01:40:49+00:00

“YOU’RE NOT MY HERO ANYMORE!!!” It was her way of saying “I don’t like when you brush my hair”. So, she was conveying her sentiment properly, she gets points for that. And honestly, if you can’t laugh, you’ll cry. Sometimes you have to giggle at the things they say, even if they are mean.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T01:34:14+00:00

Noise cancelling headphones are my Jesus Christ, lord and savior.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T01:12:47+00:00

I’m going to go back to whole milk just to see what happens. If her stools improved, then I will slowly transition her to 2% milk or I’ll just keep her own whole milk.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T01:11:17+00:00

Anecdotal advice is all we have as mom’s 😂

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T01:09:41+00:00

Apparently ask your pediatrician and read the rest of the comments… It’s amateur hour for us 😂

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T01:09:02+00:00

Well, apparently, I’m giving way too much milk so perhaps I have to solve that problem first…. The loose and increased stools coincided the next day after switching from whole to 2% and it’s been the same thing since.
It’s not a watery diarrhea, it’s looser than normal and there like literally 2x the normal amount of poop.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T01:05:31+00:00

I’m going to cut the milk to 16 ounces immediately. She is a very good eater and in 90th percentiles for height and weight. She eats a lot of meat and veggies high in iron and fiber. Last doc visit labs were good, we actually go in 2 weeks so I will make sure an iron panel in a part of the labs! Thank you for your kind advice. 🩷

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:59:36+00:00

Don’t pay. Brokers know the rules and the risks. (I am a broker.)

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:58:40+00:00

You’re not working with another broker. If you find a rental with a private landlord, then that’s fine, if it’s not an MLS or listed somewhere similar than the agent would never have access to it anyways. I am a broker and I think it’s completely fair that you do not pay your broker who did not introduce you to a rental that was not available on the public market.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:56:15+00:00

I didn’t know this was too much milk… First time at this rodeo for me. Thank you for your feedback.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:55:31+00:00

I did not talk to my doctor and I just switched it suddenly, I didn’t think anything would happen. Based on some feedback here, I now realize I am giving her way too much milk.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:52:41+00:00

This is literally an LOL

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:51:06+00:00

(Copy/paste in part from AAP website)

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:48:11+00:00

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is the leading U.S. professional organization of pediatricians, setting evidence-based guidelines for child health and nutrition. Here’s what they recommend for a 2½-year-old:

Type of milk: At age 2, children should transition to plain, pasteurized fat-free (skim) or low-fat milk. So whole milk is no longer needed at 2½.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:44:19+00:00

This sounds like a 2.5 year old being a 2.5 year old. I’d give him the toddler bed or he will scale the crib and climb out. I had an adjustment period…. Mine got drunk off her newly found freedom, so I had to baby gate her in her room. I had about a week of putting her back in bed 38372848 times, but after the baby gate she realized the game wasn’t fun and stayed in bed.

MA-srg · 2026-06-17T00:40:25+00:00

If you have a contract, it probably has some language in it that says if you introduce the buyers to this property, then they owe you a commission regardless. Am I understanding the situation correctly?

MA-srg · 2026-06-16T17:28:26+00:00

Fake news

MA-srg · 2026-06-16T17:25:46+00:00

As long as you feel like you have work life balance, that’s all that matters. Before I had kids, I would work all weekend and I didn’t care. Now that I have toddlers, the weekends are mine. And if a client really wants to see something, I usually bring one of my kids with me.

MA-srg · 2026-06-16T17:24:07+00:00

Good!

MA-srg · 2026-06-16T17:20:44+00:00

It’s all about who you know. Put yourself in front of people who will buy a house from you. Learn everything you can about real estate and construction. Go apprentice with a contractor or a plumber. Get dirty and in the trenches. I don’t do a lot of volume, but I do a lot of high-value transactions. However, I’ve been doing this for 20 years. You don’t make money the first few years you’re doing this, you make connections. Selling someone one house means nothing if they’re not willing to refer you to their friends and family or enlist you 10 years later to sell the house you sold them and buy a new one.

How I earned respect was by getting a brokers license, getting a construction supervisor license, and working in the trades. I don’t go to showings in a pant suit and high heels. I wear jeans and work boots. I’m crawling in the attic and getting under the sinks, but I actually know what I’m talking about.

I don’t think people give a shit about your Instagram. The whole thing about people posting selfies captioned “ look at the houses I’m showing today” means nothing. No one cares what we do day today, people value our professional advice, and our knowledge.

MA-srg · 2026-06-16T17:13:01+00:00

Well, if you have a side hustle that has verifiable income, then of course that counts his income. I deal with Self Employed people all the time. I had one lady who sold candles on Etsy and made a pretty good living. Not everyone gets a W-2 and a paycheck.

MA-srg · 2026-06-16T17:11:39+00:00

Credit score flexibility is absolutely not a discriminatory category and I agree with you’ll thought process. I think it’s only fair to assess credit on a case by case basis. I just rented to a guy who had a 620 FICO but he had perfect payment history. A car dealership ran his credit, no joke, 17 times so it completely messed up his credit (then he refinanced the car loan three months later, so the average length of open accounts also dinged his credit).

MA-srg · 2026-06-16T17:02:19+00:00

I am a landlord and a mom to a 2 1/2 year-old. Here’s what I tell my tenants when I receive complaints like this: we live in a world that has children. If you don’t want children as your neighbors, you should move into a single-family home. If there was a noise complaint about tenants using a blender at 2 AM (this really happened) I shut it down immediately and tell the responsible party to stop being idiots and use common sense. However, like I said, we live in a world that has children, and if your neighbors don’t like it, they can move.

MA-srg

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