In another thread, @Bill Gulley and I had a brief discussion on underwriting guidelines. Rather than take that thread off topic, I created this one to hopefully further the discussion. The main contention was whether ...

This is going to piss off a lot of agents.I was reading here on BP about a buyers agent refusing to submit an offer unless it is at or above the asking price and I kind of got pissed off.In today's markets the buyer u...

Last year we tried something new. In early December, we sent both our tenants (we only had two units at the time) a Christmas card saying thank you and enclosing a $50 gift card. We did it mainly to say thank-you t...

Hi, I just bought a home, it's a two family/floor home.tenants are there on 2nd floor living on month to month lease, we are living on first floor.I told him to leave with one month notice, but he said 2 months.I was ...

Someone asked about whether or not they should hire a coach or mentor from a different thread in the "Starting Out" forum. @henryclark was nice enough to offer free assistance. I jumped on the offer immediately becaus...

Hi Everyone!  It's been a while since I posted last.  We've been struggling with our inherited tenants, and we're finally at the end of the lease!  I will say that we have learned a LOT through this last eleven months...

We got a tenant application for a 2006 single family house with monthly rent $1425. The applicant has a nice credit score of 702 and monthly income of $5000. Based on tenantsearch check, he has no criminal history a...

Hi BiggerPockets Community,
Im reaching out to this knowledgeable and supportive group for some guidance on a situation I’m currently navigating as a remote real estate investor.
I'm a remote investor who's recent...

From another client report (this one from 2012) - sans footnotes and references.All Americans are experiencing the expansionist wave of government control over all of our activities, and businesses are being increasin...