Andraise Scott
Financing For Cash Auctions
Hello BP, I'm interested in a property that's coming up on an auction on the courthouse steps. The auction requires a $25k deposit and the rest in cash within 10 days. I'm interested in this as a hold property. An...
Nicholas Schwab
Schedule C sounds like a dream
I haven't seen anybody write specifically about this before. After looking at hundreds of thousands of dollars in suspended passive losses, I'm planning to provide substantial services on my next house hack. This soun...
Jackie Brassell
PM Help with STR in Myrtle Beach
Hello BP Members,My wife and I have purchased a SF property in N Myrtle Beach and need help/advice on managing the property since we live in VA. We were looking for a company to provide property management, but the co...
Joanne Tsai
tenants moved out without notice during lease term
Hello BPers,
this property is in TX. Tenants moved out on Nov 30th, and sent an email to PM saying they moved out after purchasing a house. Their lease doesn't end till the end of April 2022, so they lived there 7 o...
Ryan Dosenberry
Air BNB profitability
Air bnb hosts,I know it depends on many factors (location, rates, occupancy, etc) but I’m curious to hear how many of you have been profitable even when outsourcing all management costs? I am looking at the Chicago m...
Fallon S.
Fighting to get deposit back
Hi everyone.
My husband and I are fighting with our rental company to get more of our deposit back than they are trying to give us.
1) We had to BEGthem for a walk through list 2 weeks after our walk through.
2) The...
Tim Wilderbeeste
Dealing with a witheld check from a tenant
Though we have owned a number of properties for a few years, we only recently came across the issue of a tenant having a check deliberately cancelled on us on their way out of the home. In this particular instance the...
Anna M.
Not going to raise rents: Smart or just Naïve on my part?
I really do not want to raise the rent, but am I being smart about this or just being a naïve newbie landlord? I am a newbie at real estate, landlording and property management (going to be 1 year on May 4th 2016). ...
Kevin Thomas
Tenant complains of rodents - who pays for pest control?
We bought a duplex and several months later an existing tenant is complaining about rodents. I contacted a local pest control company and they want $100 to start and $45 per month for both units and a 1 year contract...
Jackie F.
Opportunity to buy Townhouse Next Door - what can I do? (buy & hold)
I'm simply looking for a recommendation on how a deal can be completed.
I bought town house back in Jan 2013. It is a 1500 sq 3 bed / 2.5 baths. I paid $104k (cash deal) and put in about $15k in remodeling....