Wendell De Guzman
Make $1M in 12 Months (Real Life of a Real Estate Investor Year 2)
Alright BP Nation, this is the start of Year 2 of the Real Life of the Real Estate Investor thread.In the first year of the Real Life of a Real Estate Investor, without meaning to do so, it attracted and resulted in ...
Paige Roberts
Tenants moving out due to roaches
My tenants called today informing me they are breaking their lease and moving out. They moved in around February of this year. I had the rental professional sprayed before move in. A 3 or so weeks after they told m...
James Wise
Short Term Rentals (like Airbnb) have been BANNED!
Recently two of the higher end suburbs (Broadview Heights & Seven Hills) in the Cleveland market banned short term rentals. Source ArticleI never got involved in the Airbnb craze myself. Not my business model. I'v...
Mindy Jensen
What "over the top" thing do you do for your vacation rentals?
I'm in the middle of a big road trip with the family, staying at multiple AirBnB's along the way. What "extra" amenities do you provide to make the stay special?@Paul Sandhu, I already know yours.
Michael Dunn
Appraiser saying house can not go FHA 203K .....
So I just " re-talked " with the appraiser that came out a week and a half ago, to do the appraisal on the property I am trying to purchase.When he came out, he said that there were certain issues with the house , an...
Mayank Saxena
House Hacking in LA - do my numbers & ideas add up?
Hi my fellow BP community!
I originally joined BP, thinking that my strategy would be to invest in out-of-state MFU for cash flow (i.e. Ohio market) as entry-level in my market of Los Angeles was too unattainable w...
Betsy Yang
Renovations/Upgrades to secure a lease?
My family has been trying to rent out a condo for a few months now. We have an agent helping us but the leads have not been panning out. The agent has advised us repeatedly that the kitchen is lacking and needs to b...
Stephen Dispensa
Adventures in Property Management in Tampa
For some of you who have followed my previous posts and have reached out to me, you’ll know that I made a decision a few years ago during the height of the pandemic to change strategies from house flipping with invest...
Henry J.
My out of state experience sharing (DFW)
We just sold one of our Dallas properties after holding it for 4.5 years. The last 2 years had been painful - with on going repairs, horrible tenant with late payments and pets that pee'd on the carpet... After the ...
Donald Lanzer
Are properly managers worth the expense?
I'm considering using a property manager for my first RE investment. I understand there are different circumstances that can determine if this is a good decision or not but I was wanting to hear some of your opinions ...