Jeff Rabinowitz
Rent is current. Tenant wants to renew. I won't. Am I nuts?
This may be the strangest thing I have ever encountered in my time as a landlord. Here's a little background info: This property is managed by my property manager. It is rented at the highest amount it ever has been. ...
Kyle Rice
Should I evict or ride it out?
I have a tenant who I probably should've evicted a long time ago. Brief history: this tenant is the HR lady at my workplace and I originally broke my own rules by allowing her to have a pet and pay the security's depo...
Renee R.
Tenant Training
I’ve seen many posts here on BP that mention training your tenants. Although I seen tips here and there, I haven’t seen any training doc or lists. Since I just closed on my first unit (yay!), with inherited tenants...
Jocelyn Gardiner
Why isn't the design aspect of REI discussed more often?
I've listened to several podcasts, browsed the forums and read some of the books, but I've yet to find any real emphasis or discussion about the design aspect of real estate investing. It's true I'm a complete novice,...
Jay Hinrichs
Look what Vegas is allowing to happen to deal with Squatters.
Vegas just moved way up the list for landlord friendly.. take that an no great weather issues and some of the absolute lowest prop tax's no income tax and now a company that can deal with squatters the way they shoul...
Timothy W.
An investor just blew $45,000. Want to know why?
An investor who had a fire at their property had full insurance coverage on the loss, the policy was in force, had about $90,000.00 in damage, had a limit of insurance of 1.5 million dollars, and was a clear cut case ...
Roy Assaf
Yellow letters direct mail in Brooklyn, NY - Not even one phone call after our 3rd touch, Why?
BP marketing experts, I have a question:We started our direct mail (yellow letters) a few months ago in a hot area in Brooklyn, NY.We bought an absentee owner list from listsource and we decided to send out 400 letter...
Mary B.
WHAT IF YOU SAW A SIGN: NO CALIFORNIANS WELCOME?
Hey BP,First off, I love California, great place to visit(I've done so several times and will do so again) and although its expensive as ever, I'm sure just as great of a place to live. I was trying to find a Subject ...
Rob L.
Massachusetts Court Decision on Apartment Fees
I got this email earlier today, thought other mass investors might find this interesting....I know there have been some discussions about what we can and cannot charge in the past. "An important ruling has been issue...
Ken Nyczaj
My 2nd direct mail marketing campaign.
Back again and with more action- today 400 letters will start being delivered by USPS. Here is how I went about this campaign:Stepped up from 200 to 400 yellow letters with red ink and pastel blue envelopes to distres...