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Hi BP community,Is anyone charging a non refundable cleaning fee at end of lease or taking one out of the deposit? I am thinking of writing one into my lease. That way at the end of the lease I can line someone up ahe...
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First, how many rentals do you currently own?Second, how did you acquire each of your first 10 rentals?Third, how long did it take you to get your first 10?You don't have to give a blow-by-blow account, but maybe a br...
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I'm not referring to eviction!I'm talking about tenants that are always walking a fine line. These are the renters that cause death by a thousand cuts, small infractions or problems but the sheer volume becomes a regu...
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Hello BP community,I am a newer investor. I only own 1 townhome and have my first tenants living there for about 3.5 months. They moved in June 1, 2015. They called me for a repair around middle of June. I went out to...
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Just thought I'd start a thread here for young investors from Denver or surrounding cities here in Colorado. Anybody else own rentals and looking to expand in 2016? I'm 25 - would love to connect with folks.
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I just purchased a property that has a tenant in it who has no lease, is month to month, with no security deposit. As tomorrow is the 1st and nothing formal has been set up I was planning on collecting the first payme...
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I have gotten maybe 12 inquiries rather than instant bookings from Airbnb the last 9 months and yesterday vrbo.com. responded professionally, and not a single one ever led to a traceable booking. Respond professionall...
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Hello BP,I've been reading that HUD is looking to roll out a new way to calculate fair market rates for section 8 housing in large metropolitan areas. The new policy called "small area fair market rate would set new f...
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For people who use lawyers or are lawyers themselves, I'm just wondering if it's normal to be charged for simply responding to an email?
Usually these emails are simply one or two line responses or answers (that's ...
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Hello,I had a retail buyer put in a cash offer on my flip for sale. Went through inspections with no issues. Day of closing, I showed up and signed all my papers, buyer's were scheduled for 1.5 hours later but never...