Heather Ochoa
Renting to college student group-consider as single payer/tenant?
my daughter will rent our new town home, and has one friend arranged and approved as roomie. They are looking for an additional 2 gals, and I now have concerns about approving these other girls, and ensuring a steady ...
Luke Cullinane
Tenant won’t sign lease /won’t pay security deposit.
I have a single family home that is occupied by a tenant at the end of a 1 year month to month agreement. Initially, We had a 6 month agreement at $1500 a month. They stayed the 6 months and then a year, so 18 month...
Sagar Mylab
Tenant repeatedly late on rent
Hi BP, I have a tenant with a 2 yr lease that started the beginning of this year. She has already been late on rent 3 times so far. I've been sending her notices of late rent every time and this has continued to ha...
Tommy Nguyen
Early Investment Decision: Self-Manage or Property Management?
Hello BP community,
I recently closed on a duplex, and I am seeking the opinion of the BP community regarding my situation. The duplex I purchased has three tenants, one of whom is using it for storage.
While I have...
Katherine Earle
Inherited Tenant Story
Ok, this is less of a question and more of an opportunity to learn from my mistake. In my lack of concern because they all had leases and we were paying cash (no bank requirement), I didn’t require an estoppel certif...
Ali Hall
Refinance residential mort to commecial mort
Hello,Has anyone on BP been able to take the residential loan and refinance it into a commercial loan? Someone from BP provided me with this idea and I am wondering has anyone successfully performed this. I have a few...
Marshae H.
Closing Process
Newbie here, trying to get this closing process down. Where do you meet to do a closing, is it at the title agency, a courthouse that all 3 parties meet? What exactly do the title person do at the closing? What exactl...
Manny K.
Rent collection options to avoid Partial Payments?
Apart from eRentPayment (tenant refuses to set it up!), are there ANY other simple ways to collect rent but block partial payments?? Do not like the drama associated with meeting in person or mailing rent to a PO bo...
David Avetisyan
Help: Realtor Delaying Response to Offer
Whats the best way to proceed when a listing agent is delaying responding to an offer, waiting for other prospects to submit. I feel she wants to see if another, higher offers will be presented and I'm trying to figur...
Lakshmanan G.
Tenant refusing to communicate or pay rent
Closed on a property purchased at the court house NC, existing tenant refuse to communicate.. I have sent a notice requesting rent and document she refuse to respond. What are my option?
Can I change lock?
File sum...