Nina V.
Section 8-First time landlord and already in trouble! Please help
Hi All,In the process of renting our property, we received many applications. One of them was an aggressive lady on section 8. She assured us she has excellent credit score. My dad who was helping with the process, se...
Angeli Castrence
Where to buy first property( Nevada or Texas)
I am a complete newbie and am planning to buy my very first investment property (very first property to be exact). I live in Los Angeles but the real estate here is way out of my price range. Does anyone have any advi...
Tricia O'Brien
Any problem if I don't issue 1099 to handyman with job over $2K?
I recently paid a builder about $4,500 total for several projects at my rental home in Indiana. These were: building a new wood deck at back door, building new staircase in basement, installing a new window, repairin...
Christine Krevalin
How does one actually “start”?
Hi! I’m Christine. I need help. I decided almost 10 years ago that I wanted to become a REI. My grandfather had multiple rental properties and at a young age I understood the benefits and was intrigued. No sooner had ...
Nick James
Section 8 not honoring original agreement
Hey BP,I recently renovated a 3 bedroom unit in my East Oakland Duplex and put it up for rent. I decided to accept section 8 applications and ended up selecting a single mom who lives with her 12 year old daughter. Sh...
Minna Reid
getting licensed
So I got sick of those calls where they didnt have enough equity for me to buy but they still needed to sell. I guess after the 20th one or so, I thought hey why am I throwing this money away and ending the calls with...
Jacob Beg
Did I dodge a bullet or was I too suspicious?
I had a rental application from someone with poor credit. She furnished paystubs showing a very handsome salary and was more than qualified, willing to make two months security deposit and start the lease immediately ...
Kevin Gregg
Fake LLC discovered. What should I do?
So a few Army buddies and I each chipped in 10k each to buy rental properties under an LLC. As the years have gone by it appears the "buddy" that runs it has been lieing to us and we dont own the properties that he sa...
Casey Mack
Republicans think they won?
I love how all it takes is two governor races to make Republicans think they have a fighting chance. Keep the hope alive!
Logan Jorns
Is college worth a real estate investors time?
Hello BP community!
Recently I decided to take this spring semester off from school to take the time and really decide if college / the degree path that I was on was really something that I wanted.
Currently I am ...