Brock Salgado
First Property: House hack or MFR?
I’m currently in the Army and looking to start out real estate investing near Fort Lewis-McChord in Washington. I’ve focused in on the Tacoma market and plan on using my VA loan to purchase a home for house-hacking wh...
Pratik P.
$479,500 Fine for pot grow house
So I went on an appointment to look at a house today where the owner had rented the property to his daughter, who then allowed her boyfriend to turn the property into a pot grow house. I was absolutely floored to find...
Account Closed
Tenant Offers Yard Services - How to go about this?
My new tenant has offered to clean up snow on the sidewalks, parking lot driveways during the snow season for a reduction in rent. I am wondering what your thoughts are on it. My first thought was IF I allow this and ...
Iman Yusef-Yahya
Real Estate Investing Game-Changers
What do you see as something that could change the game in real estate in the coming years?
Justin Golden
Getting a loan with self employment income
Good afternoon!I just recently separated from the military and my wife and I will be moving to Washington, D.C. I will be starting a business and my wife makes self employment income as well. Obviously this does not l...
Tyson Hill
Tenant Screening/Sex Offender
Just went into a recently vacated unit and found a "sex offender" letter on the fridge notifying my tenants that a sex offender just moved in to the 4-plex next to mine. Was this the reason my tenants moved? Who knows...
Nick Vehr
Tenant Rights while Owner Sells House
So this came up today with a friend of mine who currently rents his house but is looking to buy a house in the next couple of months. His landlord decided they would want to sell the house, and he is getting the run a...
Joe Campbell
Pulling $ out of paid in full rental?
I am literally at a dead end here and I am wondering if BP members have come across a similar situation to this....Myself and another investor own 2 properties, paid in full. One has a value of approximately 110k and...
Granville L.
Tennant squatting
Well, after 4 years of renting we have our first squatter. Long story short, they paid for the month then did a stop payment on the check. When confronted they said they were not paying so I evicted them. Funny thi...
Ryan J.
Newbie with SFH opportunity: Family Matters and Prop Tax Exempt?
This would/could be my first deal, and though the word "deal" may be a stretch by the numbers, there are a lot of factors that I'd appreciate some feedback sorting through to see if we should go forward.
The ...