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Results (473)
Michael Seeker What is your day job and how do you apply it to your REI?
23 October 2013 | 13 replies

Just wanting to hear what part time investors do for their 9-5 and how they apply that to REI.

I'll start:

I'm an actuary with a large health insurer (please, no comments on how health insurers are the ...

Vicki Gleitz My Dad
9 December 2014 | 7 replies

My dad was a succesful realtor many years go. If he can see what my son is doing, I am sure that he is proud.  I also feel that if he were alive and active today,he would be an incredibly succesful investor.My dad was...

Zac Wolf How to get a Senior to leave his Calif. County tax sale house
31 May 2016 | 11 replies

Im not sure if Im doing this properly but Im looking for compassionate ways to encourage the former owner of a house that was sold at a California tax sale, to leave. He is a Senior but still very bright and "in the k...

Garhett Langer The emotional side of foreclosures.
28 February 2019 | 20 replies

Hey guys,I’ll share more about my first deal and how I found myself here in another post, but I wanted to make a specific post about something that’s been on my mind.I work with a partner (he has the money, I have the...

David Zheng Trespassing vs. Squatter. First Scary Encounter.
18 June 2017 | 25 replies

So long story short. Managing an Airbnb and go to the basement of my multifamily to wash some towels. saw like 30 alcohol cans, pills, powerball tickets everywhere and one of my tenants mattresses on the ground. I gra...

Ashley B. Inheriting and dealing with terrible tenants
18 March 2019 | 10 replies

I closed on my first property, a SFH, at the end of last summer. I made repairs/improvements, defined my qualifications, thoroughly screened tenants, stuck to my guns, and got a good tenant in the fall. He pays rent o...

Mason V. House hacking mistake-no lease-
5 October 2015 | 7 replies

In February I decided to try housing hacking as a way of gaining additional founds for my first property. The verbal agreement was that my roommate would pay half of rent and utilities. Initially it worked until he lo...

Adrian Moening Raising rents in this environment ?
18 May 2020 | 17 replies

I have two tenants with rents below market whose leases renew in July. I had planned on a 4% increase before the pandemic. I know taxes will go up increasing the need to raise their rates. Am I wrong to feel guilty...

Account Closed Fake OCD tenant. What to do to prevent system abuse
7 May 2014 | 10 replies

Long story short. Very good REI friend has a neighbor whom claims to have OCD. This person now receives SSDI and has access to a slew of FREE esq's because of this disability. After some research it has been found ...

Brian Barbarow Over $11,000 in missing rent… Is there any hope?
7 June 2023 | 10 replies

Greetings BP community! Newbie investor here, learning some lessons the hard way. I have over $11,000 in missing rent/late fees from a total of 5 tenants. Luckily they have all vacated the property, I am currently cle...