Jon Martin
Small things you see in listings that drive you nuts
I'll start . . . In probably 1 out of every 10-15 listings, I notice that the refrigerator door is facing the wrong way. In other words, the handle is on the wrong side, so that when they open the fridge, the inside o...
Cecilia Ann Jones
Need advice: Taking too long to find renters
Hi, this is my first post since turning BP Pro a few months ago. I closed on my first rental property, a townhouse in the Canton neighborhood of Baltimore on 6/14. I am using a property manager, and there are listings...
Fausto Carosella
Seven Day Notice to Cure??--Item not in Lease
Hey All,Looking for opinions here. I purchased a duplex a few months back. In one unit I inherited two adults with three small children all under 3 yrs old. They are fine with payments, but the lease agreement that wa...
Alvin Bittner
New Build to Rent -- Is it a pipe dream?
This would be my first venture into real estate so I'm not sure how to go about figuring out if this will work.I would like to build new houses to rent.I'm unable to do any of the labor and quite a bit short on cash.H...
Scott F.
Do you reward your Residents at their lease anniversary if so how
Do you reward your Residents at their lease anniversary, if so how?One of our policies is to reward a resident at their lease anniversary with a gift card to a very large national retail store in our market. The longe...
Joey Vasquez
Non-believers
Im trying to prepare myself to make my first real estate investment, mostly financially. But during this time, i have a lot of negative feedback from family/friends about all the things that could go wrong. from bad o...
Triston Murray
Buy and Hold (Cash + Rehab + Refinance).. How do you do it?>
Hello all. I apologize if this post is poorly written!!I have been doing research into the hold strategy of: buying with cash (personal or borrowed), then rehabbing, renting and refinancing with conventional after sea...
Allen Maris
CL Rental Listing Scam
Just thought I'd share a lesson learned this weekend. I had a house on Zillow, Make Me Move, and then decided to rent it, so posted it on there last week. (It got picked up by Hot Pads too)
I received an em...
Sean McDonnell
STRs in Mountains vs Beach Towns
There has been a lot of talk recently about short term rentals in mountain vacation towns (thanks @Avery Carl - but really your episode was awesome) but are there a lot of you who invest in beach towns? We own two bea...
Martin D.
Investing in Airbnb overseas
Hey BP friends,I was wondering if any of you had invested in Airbnb properties overseas, and if so, if you had some comparable metrics with some US-based markets? Average PP, Vacancy, ADR, ROI, tax advantages, etc.I'm...