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Monica Johnson Coronavirus and your tenants
18 March 2020 | 35 replies

I wanted to put this out there to my fellow landlords that we should check on our tenants right now. The school closings could be devastating to some especially single parents with young children. I say this as someon...

Mike Williams Don't rent to strippers, hair stylists, or people on disability
23 March 2015 | 57 replies

Just a tip for you all starting out… Don't rent to strippers, hair stylists, bartenders etc…  If they are in the cash business, they are uncollectable.  You need to find someone with a good job that is not worth leavi...

Paul Staszel NO GUNS ALLOWED!!! sticker... should I put it up or not?
17 May 2017 | 74 replies

Concealed carry and gun laws are becoming growing topics.  With that being said, should a landlord of a multifamily unit (5 plus units) make his/her building a Gun Free Zone (if the state law permits)?  Should the lan...

Fas McO'nen Breaking into my own property!! Am I breaking the law?
30 January 2022 | 68 replies

If you've had a similar experience or are a lawyer I'd love to hear your thoughts. One of my properties in Indianapolis has a squatter, who basically broke into the house when it was vacant. He changed the locks and h...

Hilary C. What was your worst home renovation fail!?!
27 April 2020 | 115 replies

Hey BiggerPockets family!We'd love to see (or hear) about your worst home renovation fails, and how you were able to fix them :)Sometimes you learn the most from someone else's mistakes --- and sometimes you just need...

Lauren Van Riper Tenant wants extension - you will not believe the reason
14 April 2017 | 114 replies

Long post -  HELP.I got an email this morning from my tenant that I sent a non-renewal letter to last month. I gave this tenant an extra month to find new housing as it is very difficult to find housing here. She has ...

Bobby Narinov How I got dumped by the Company that manages my property
29 May 2019 | 52 replies

Have you ever been ditched by your Property Management Company because the tenant they put in your property never paid a dime above their move in cost and you dared to question their tenant selection criteria?One meas...

Steve K. Is Creative Financing Becoming the New Subprime Lending?
1 April 2024 | 36 replies

Rising interest rates have hurt everyone’s buying power (except cash buyers obviously), and inventory is locked up because nobody wants to move and give up their historically-low interest rate. Word on the street is ...

Scott Trench Tenants Who Pay a Full Year Upfront
13 January 2023 | 103 replies

Are bad news, according to nearly every experienced landlord I've seen chime in on these types of threads. However, it seems that many newbie investors (some with even less than my three years experience) like to chim...

David Begley A JV Rehab with another BiggerPockets Member - A Success Story!
9 June 2016 | 118 replies

A BP friendship with @Tom Yung this past summer led to a JV to rehab an Atlanta property Mr. Yung had picked up in a Dekalb County tax foreclosure. The house is located in east Atlanta in the Edgewood neighborhood an...