Khalid Haynes
Multifamily Upfront Reserves
I'm planning to buy multifam to house hack in the future. I'm curious about having upfront reserves ready. I want to mitigate risk by building a reserves cushion to have ready at the start of the investment and doing ...
Nathan Maier
Need Investor Friendly VA Lender in San Diego
I'm looking to house hack in San Diego with my VA loan benefits and need an investor friendly lender. Specifically, I want to purchase a 2-4 unit property, live in one unit, and use the others for STR, long term, or a...
Pete Harper
Hold-Over Tenant w/ Pet Dilemma
I recently purchased a 10 unit complex and have a dilemma with old tenants. I have at least three current tenants with pets not on the lease. Previous PM was out of town and was not diligent about watching the proper...
Rob Newsom
Tenant modified/tampered with HVAC and broke it... who pays?
Hi there - looking for some advice here. Here are details:Tenant was having some issues with HVACI arranged my HVAC repair man to visit property, but tenant reschedules/no shows 3 times before they finally connect up...
Matt Z.
Rental Property Insurance + Security Deposit Accounts
Hi All,Been a landlord for a few years in CT, but am curious as to what others are doing concerning 2 items:1) Insurance for non-owner-occupied Multi-Family properties.I recently switched a 2-family that I used to par...
Jerry Happoldt
Renter Bent and Cracked Garage Door
Renter moved out and left the prop dirty, one hole in drywayll, cat piss on baseboards ect. However the garage door has a few small dents, and 2 vertical cracks. How do I approach this, I want to charge them but fee...
Freeman Schultz
Question about increase for a security deposit
I have been looking at investment properties and learning a lot about investing but I am a little confused about who pays for the increases in the safety deposit.In a lease renewal, the rent will usually increase and ...
Jen Irving
Our property manager did not collect full deposit
Hi. New to BP and wanted to get advice/ feedback about ethical property management behavior. We've been renting a home for about 4 years and had to evict the last set of tenants. The details make me sick. Basically...
Jay Green
Any Massachusetts landlords who have experience with Section 8?
Hi everyone,I have a 2 family in Milton, MA and one unit will be vacant on 8/1. I have a potential tenant interested who is currently on a full section 8 voucher. She told me she has an 8 yo and a 13 yo daughter and w...
Ellie Perlman
Fighting COVID-19’s Impact on Multifamily Properties
I’d like to share with you what we’re doing with our properties to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on our properties, with the hope that you can use some of these ideas and strategies on your own properties. If you have ad...