Kimberly H.
Screening Tenants/My 1st time-Need Help
I have a long story to tell you guys. I was the person that purchase a baltimore city duplex from FNMA, that had my copper pipes cut a day before closing back in August. I will document my journey in a few weeks. I...
Eli M.
A tenant with criminal records
Dear BP Community,I am reviewing an application for a potential tenant. this is a couple, not legally married, without kids.They are both in their early twenties (22), first time moving in together. They are willing t...
Anthony Roberts
Finding good Tenants in Toledo
Hello BP Family,I'm new to BP [first post] and really new to the Toledo Market. I have purchased and renovated a couple of SFHs and am having some difficulties finding good tenants. Any processes to share and/or tips...
Account Closed
Responding to Lazy Applicants
I was just curious about how other people handle the lazy prospective tenant. For instance, an email through craigslist simply stating "I am interested in this home". No questions or anything - just a simple stateme...
Juliette Olsen
Self manage or hire property management, that is the question?
Hi!We’re planning to rent our home when we move—but we know we will be moving out of state. Question is:Self manage out of state? OR Hire property manager and eat the costs until you have cash flow coming in? What’s t...
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...
David McCracken
Applicant with low credit score but stable high paying job
I have an applicant interested in one of the flats in my duplex, who has a stable job as an engineer at a large company and makes over 70k a year. However his credit score is quite low (around 550), and it shows he ha...
James Thomas
My first property (CA) closed, Seller says she's not leaving
Hello, I met someone yesterday who recommended I post on these forums to get some valuable feedback from this community - many thanks in advance. Going to condense the story as much as possible so it's not horribly TL...
Brian Burke
Just bought a 140 unit property. Here’s how I financed it (thanks BP!)
It’s always exciting to buy an off-market multifamily property, and even more exciting when the Houston Business Journal runs a story on it!
The property is a 140 unit class-C apartment complex in the Houston...
Stephanie Moran
Made My First Rookie Mistake
Hello All,
Renovating my first property and I made a rookie mistake, a major one--I found out that my first contractor (who came recommended) is unlicensed in California!!!
I am two weeks into redoing several of th...