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One of my least favorite tasks is checking out prospective tenants. At the level I rent at, I don't have the luxury of just running their credit and looking at their FICO. With rare exceptions ( c...

What is the opinion on answering calls from prospective tenants when advertising a rental? I recently purchased and renovated a property and am in the process of advertising it.

I currently setup a dedicated google ...

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Has anyone had any experience purchasing excess bank real estate inventory? Is there anything to specifically look for or be careful of?

There’s a former bank branch that I may be able to purchase for really ch...

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This is my first post. I found BP after I purchased my first home on the border of LA and OC county. I'm currently house hacking and have been able to save enough money to turn my detached garage into a 44...

We have a unit in our quadplex for rent. We have gotten a deluge of interest, several applications (which costs $30 to complete background check). We had a person sign a lease but never paid the deposit and never cont...

I am buying a 3-unit house. Two apartments and one storefront commercial unit. I will be moving into one of the apartments and renting the other apartment and the store. I am using a streamline 203K to repair the roof...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 22, 2020)

The recession that started in March was the sharpest downturn since the Great Depression. As it turns out, it may also be the shortest. This doesn't mean our economy is ...

I have been using youcheckcredit.com my only problem with it is it requires them to send an e-mail to the tenant to get their authorization for the credit pull. A lot of my perspective tenants do not have internet acc...

Hi all,I've been a landlord for the past 12 years or so but only recently got serious about ramping up. I recently added a couple units, plan to expand quickly, and am realizing that successful self-management is heav...

Hello BP,I'm just trying to get opinions on several property management softwares that I'm looking it:Rentec DirectTruerentAppFolioRent ManagerBuildium (I understand this one is like the creme del la creme)I'm looking...