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Mark Douglas Can I Stop Looking for Deals Now?
20 September 2017 | 27 replies

Obviously, there is some sarcasm there.  Generally speaking though, there seems to be the consensus that in the next 2-5ish years, there will be some sort of market correction.In that same breath, it seems like there ...

Tony Leighty RE Investment Nay Sayers
17 October 2014 | 26 replies

Hi Gang,I wanted to get everyone's take on this.  I'm not one to generally take to heart what other people say that are either a) not in my shoes or b) don't have words of wisdom from prior experience but I've been ru...

Coty C. Breaking the Tenant Screening Standards
27 September 2018 | 18 replies

Tenant Screening Standards:
- No previous eviction
- 3x income to rent
- Clean background
- Good references

Hi Everyone,

On biggerpockets these 4 standards for the tenant screening process have been repeated time an...

Miki M. VRBO's dead. AirBNB's not great. How to market a Vacation Rental?
22 August 2023 | 45 replies

I have been working on setting up a modest vacation rental in the Portland metro area. In the past, friends of mine were raving about VRBO, telling me it really does work- and they had a reasonable fee structure. But ...

Vincent Donato Yes or No to ceiling fans in rentals?
14 July 2024 | 56 replies

I have a rental duplex in Lakewood, Ohio. This older home has older ceiling fans in the bedrooms.I'm planning to replace all the fans with LED light but wanted to hear peoples experiences on this.My thoughts are, ceil...

Victoria Coleman Things to consider for a beginner small multifamily investor
8 April 2020 | 50 replies

For those of you who invest in small multifamily properties, what are some of the mistakes you’ve made? What advice would you give a beginner interested in investing in small multifamily properties?

Jeff Parkin Newbie investor interested in sub 30k markets
22 October 2015 | 56 replies

Greetings All! My name is
Jeff, and I’m a newbie soon to be investor. I just found BiggerPockets recently
and am overwhelmed (in a good way) at the plethora of information I’ve come
across so far! I’m extremely e...

Stephen Hollenberg Where can I find $250,000 for a down payment?
2 May 2022 | 58 replies

I'm under contract to buy a 6 unit, mixed-use property with seller financing. The seller will provide $700,000 of the $945,000 required. They are giving me 45 days to show proof of funds for the $245,000 so I need to ...

Karen Higgins BEWARE of fraud by erentpayment.com
23 November 2020 | 345 replies

We are currently in the middle of a scam by erentpayment.com.  They have taken money deposited by our tenants and have refused to pay us.  They have been very limiting with information and turned their phones off and ...

Steven Gesis Tenant moved out and so did the mechanical equipment... more....
13 July 2018 | 98 replies

Recent tenant eviction, although they are rare in my world, they do occur once in a while, this one was like no other one before, tenants of (3) years, stopped paying the rent, we had to evict the tenant, the tenant m...