Katon Pang
How to deal with difficult tenant?
I just had a difficult tenant move in recently and haven't been able to deal with his rebellious attitude and get him to listen what I asked. I have a 5 bedroom house and I live in one of them. I have 2 car garage and...
Travis Kremer
Post Due Diligence Contract Termination
Hey BP,
I am under contract and passed the due diligence period on a tri-plex located in South Carolina. After discussing my concerns around the current market conditions sorrounding COVID-19 with my agent, she menti...
Rob K.
Eliminating phone inquiries from rental applicants
I have gotten tired of answering the phone and too cheap to pay someone to do it. I recently started having all calls go to voice-mail that directs them to my website that gives more information and has a page to answ...
Alyssa Lebetsamer
My First Eviction - does it ever go smoothly?
It looks like I am going to have to evict one of my tenants very soon. fingers crossed a miracle pulls through, but assuming it doesn't....For those of you that have been through this before - do renter's ever receive...
Munir Hassan
Where did I go wrong?
Disclosure Newbie to all of this. Have done some education but still working on it: I found a property that was pre-foreclosure. my wife and I dropped off a number of hand written letters to try and get in touch with...
Mariusz Bojarczuk
Can I accept utilities payment
Dear Fellow Landlords,I have a lodger in my house, who received a notice to quit before Massachusetts announced state of emergency. He knows I cannot proceed with eviction and behaves as if it is his house. I did ask ...
Ryan D.
The "Recession" is Supposedly Here. Why Aren't You Buying?
Hi BP,This is a long overdue intro post. I'm Ryan and I'm a victim of recency bias. See the thing is we all either got slaughtered personally or had friends/family get slaughtered in 2009 when that once in every ~70-y...
Bradley LaBrie
Which do you prefer Dogs vs cats?
I’m a new landlord and I just finished my first BRRRR/HouseHack combo. I’m finding it difficult to get qualified tenants in who don’t have animals so I’m considering allowing them in my units. Question is there’s pros...
Arn Cenedella
Are you a buyer or sitting out the multifamily market?
There are certainly legitimate reasons to sit out the current multifamily market:1. Economic uncertainty with the possibility of recession2. Increasing interest rates3. Negative leverage due to cap rates lower the deb...
Austin Mudd
As a first investment, should I look to flip or house hack?
I’m from San Diego and went to school in LA. I’ll be moving to Pittsburgh late summer to start work in commercial real estate (lending). I joined BP to learn the residential side and I hope to dabble in private real e...