AJ Wong
What is an Assumable Mortgage? How they work & ways to close with a portable loan
Hot investment topic alert: Assumable mortgages and purchasing properties with one. An assumable mortgage is effectively a 'portable' loan. Instead of applying for a new mortgage the buyer takes over the sellers exist...
Erica Gordon
Need help finding a tenant in Philly
Hey bigger pockets community,
I’m having a bit of a dilemma. I have been searching for a quality tenant since January.
(If you do not want to read this entire post, please scroll down to my questions at the bottom...
Kyle McCann
Philadelphia Zoning Question (RM-1)
Hey Everyone!Long time reader and first time poster here!I am currently under contract for my first home! It is a duplex in Philadelphia. The property is zoned RM-1, and the property meets all of the duplex requiremen...
Joshua Dorkin
Maintenance Update: Re-Verifying Your BiggerPockets Account Required for Some Users
Hey All -
In an effort to keep the site from sending out email to people with bad email addresses, using up resources on the site and damaging our email rating, we will occasionally clean our BiggerPockets em...
Yash Warke
Tenant screening options - alternatives to ZRM screening
Hi friends,I am a newbie real estate investor, and bought my first property in June 2023. Decent deal, and we worked to put a good tenant in ASAP. We used Zillow Rental Manager's (ZRM) in-built screening features to s...
Jon Bradley
Antelope Valley SFR Investor
I got my initial experience managing my dad's 100+ apartment units in Inglewood. Now I've been buying and holding SFRs for the past 3 years.
Michael Weismann
Would you accept this applicant or wait for more verification?
Hello Biggerpockets!
I havee a SFH I'm trying to rent out, and my only qualified applicant so far has an ESA. The letter she gave me was clearly from one of those online "pay us money and we'll give you a letter" sit...
Jaime O'Gorman
Fair Housing Act and Smokers
I know that smokers are not considered a protected class, but I was wondering where I can find more information on this. Can anyone tell me if this is stated in the Fair Housing Act? I haven't been able to find this c...
Andrew Melvil
Creating a web site. Need advice.
Hey, BP community!
Question for those who have a landing page. Which service do you use to create landing page? Is it difficult to do it yourself? What is the pricing?
Thank you
Joseph Tramonte
Rental Automatic rent payments
Hi, How is everyone screening potential tenants lately. Do you meet them first and give them a paper application, or are you sending them to a site to fill out an application first to see if they meet the requirements...