Julio Gonzalez
Historic Tax Credits Can Increase Your ROI
Preserving historic buildings plays a big part in the cultural and architectural heritage of communities. The government encourages property developers and owners to invest in these types of projects by offering numer...
Brandon Turner
New tenants don't want to move in quite yet. What would you do?
I'm sure this happens to you often:
A tenant moves out on the first, and their home needs repair. So you spend 5 days fixing it up and getting it "rent ready" again. But now you've missed the biggest rush of potenti...
R. Wade Williams
Best way to find renters??
I appreciate any input you’ll have ! My ultimate goal is to get rentals in more southern locations such as Florida, NC, GA. Any advice would be helpful as well, thanks !
Nana Ofori
Question about owning an investment property
Hello everyone, My question is if you bought a duplex with 3.5% down using an FHA loan and you can't find a tenant to live in the other room and at the same time you don't want to be paying the full mortgage, what do ...
Komal Sekhon
Dad invested ~2009 and made good rental income in our town, impossible for me now
Hi everyone, A bit of a unique situation. My dad invested in rental properties from 2008-2014 and made good rental income on them. Our city has now ballooned in value and no property is renting at 1% of price anymore ...
Alyssa Paros
Can You Decline a person from Their Questionnaire Answers?
We've just started showing our first unit. It's non smoking, minimum income of 3 times the rent, basically all stipulations listed in Brandon & Heather's management book.We had a prospective tenant ask to bring he...
Jhansi B.
Lessons learned as a landlord
Just settled a could have been litigation and I thought this will be a good thread to start about the lessons learned as a landlord. The lessons I have learned from this are:
1. Never rent to a person who filed for b...
Seth Quade
Tenant applicant with criminal history in the past - advice please!
Hi everyone,I have a SFH rental in Decatur (Atlanta). The property is in I would say a C+/B- part of town. I have had in up for rent through my property manager for close to 2 months now (slow market). I finally go...
Amit M.
Rental showings during coronavirus/Covid-19
Landlords- How have your showings for rental units been effected by coronavirus? Are you seeing a drop in demand the last 2-3 days from say 1-2 weeks ago? Are tenants hesitant to make a move now? Filling vacancies bec...
Dylan Hall
Curious Member from Chicago, IL
Hi everyone,
My name is Dylan Hall, and I recently joined Bigger Pockets. I hail from Chicago, IL and am interested in finding new ways to finance housing in the United States. I recently graduated from the Univers...