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Brent Ludwig Anybody got and good gross tenant stories? I rented to a booger picker!!
1 August 2014 | 30 replies
I can't beat anyone here on "grossness" but my first eviction involved my first tenants; a older woman, her adult daughter and the daughters two teenage children, one of whom had a baby during the tenancy.All five skipped out over one weekend leaving me what ended up being 45 bags of garbage. 
Jay Hinrichs How important are sales skills to the investor
31 August 2014 | 61 replies
I began sales as a kid, it was cute I guess as adults listened to a kid demonstrating campers and equipment.
Kyle Erthner Any Success "Door Knocking" (literally) When Approaching Owners?
23 September 2017 | 9 replies
I also pay attention to female  purses and shoes.  
Jeff Warner Do it yourself "Yellow Letter" - A how to guide!
9 February 2010 | 21 replies
It is very NON-professional looking, something that looks like your Aunt Margaret would mail to another family member.The letter is signed by a person named “Mary,†so it is important to have handwriting that looks like a female wrote it.
Carlos Soto Very Frustrated - can’t find good deals
30 December 2018 | 86 replies
If an adult child was living with them then consider not mailing them either as they have a free house unless there is a mortgage. 
Nick J. Your Days Are Numbered! Make Them Count!
17 May 2010 | 14 replies
After retirement, she taught illiterate adults how to read and worked with the mentally handicapped adult community.Mom and dad also own 25 rental properties, and didn't start until they were in their 40s.So to re-iterate Nicks thoughts:1.
Jon Klaus Choosing between two qualified tenants
14 April 2011 | 35 replies
I have taken college students, with good grades over adults as mine usually stayed from the junior year through graduate school.
Tershant Rhodes How does Bigger Pockets Help New Investors?
8 September 2011 | 32 replies
Tershant,I am not going to handle you with kid gloves in this response as you are a grown adult and should be able to handle criticism.
Raul R. Maybe it’s time for there to be an age Requirement to join BP
30 November 2017 | 59 replies
A few persons they are most likely adults trying to pull your leg. 
Buddy Holmes IRS Rules for improvement to rental property
27 December 2017 | 3 replies
It is presently rented to an adult couple, but we want to open it up to families with children.  1) Somewhere I read that for Rental property "improvements" that are under $2500 they can be expensed or written off in the year of payment.