Graham Nadler
Tips when preparing to purchase
I work a lot with people buying investment properties. These are savvy people that have excellent credit and usually have options when it comes to money for closing.
I am often surprised by the way these same people...
Nicholas Jose
Need help rejecting this tenant in NJ
Good morning, BP.I am in the process of writing a rejection letter for an applicant here in NJ who is unwilling to disclose his financial history. I ran a background check before on another applicant and she submitted...
Austin Davis
Laptop/tablet/Operating system recommendations please.
Good morning!I am in the market for a new personal/business computer that I would use for email, bigger pockets and to hold my tax information.I like the idea of the 2-in-one laptop/tablet, but since technology has ch...
Chris Williams
Syndicating, Marketing to Self Directed IRAs
We just spent the majority of our capital on an apartment complex and are now starting to look at syndicating and raising funds from self-directed IRA's. As I have been researching this, I have come across some infor...
Kwambe Smith
Chattanooga TN Rentals
Good morning BP members I'm looking to close on a rental in the Chattanooga TN area next week. The research that I've done the last few months show that the rental market is ok. However, with the recent developments i...
Bryce DeCora
Washington Data Scraping API - Anyone Else Doing This?
My original plan was to invest solely in Snohomish and King County Washington. I wanted my custom CRM (built with Podio) to have the ability to auto-populate property data found on the county assessor site. This dro...
Mike Kalob
"I'll put a deposit right now." - Prospective Tenant
"I like the place. Take my deposit now, I'll pay a higher rate rent and sign a year lease so long as you stop showing the place. Here's my credit report and tax returns [verified.]"Just curious if any of you other l...
Ben Naughton
Florida Law on Renting to Undocumented / Illegal Immigrants
I just had what seemed to be a great family of 3 come look at an apartment I'm renting. When it came time to fill out the application they asked if a Passport number (not from the US) would be Ok as they didnt have a...
Sylvia Krivickova
Most Accurate Rent Estimator
Between BiggerPockets estimator and Propstream, which rent estimator do you find most accurate? Or are they pulling from the same data source? (I saw a 2 year old post on this but wondering what' the most accurate today)
Tracey Williams
Proof of deposit to lenders
Hi everyone,
I approached a bank few months ago and they insist on 20% down payment for the purchase of a rehab that I was planing to buy & hold. At the time I only had 10%.
The house is back on the market at a ...