My tenant let me know last month that their power bill was about double what it had been.  Since it was really cold, I wasn't concerned too much about it, but still had an HVAC tech go check it out.  I wanted to make ...

So I have some more information about evictions in Barrow county GA.  I filed for the writ today and went down to the sheriffs office to schedule the eviction.  We scheduled it for 10:00a.m. on Monday the 24th.  I wil...

We've got a tenant moving in on Tuesday with two kids, pretty young.Any child safety horror stories or other lessons learned? Definitely want to hear from Virginia investors. In addition to protecting ourselves, we al...

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What's the grossest or weirdest thing you've found after a tenant moved out?

I'll go first: we had a tenant who was evicted and kindly left us baggies of human excrement tied to the door knobs. Extremely cl...

Hi all,In an attempt to further streamline and systematize my process, I am trying to get close-up aerial photos of my properties so that I can highlight areas that need snow removal.  Since these vendors (at least fo...

Hi, looking at my first SFR rental, out of state in Kansas City, MO. The house is approx 100K for 3bed/2bath, built in 1960 but rehabbed.  Got an insurance quote for $1300/year. (It sounds high). It covers 250K replac...

Hey everybody. New to real estate investing here. Long time listener of BP and have been working on learning and figuring out how to get things start.  Would love to connect with people who are knowledgable and want t...

Hey All!I'm currently working as an active Real Estate agent in Residential sales. Real Estate has always been something that has intrigued me, so many things to know, so many things to love and it presents endless po...

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My husband, @Luis Vellon, and I decided to move our growing family from Florida to Phoenix this year in March. He played poker professionally and I was an assistant principal, but we decided to embark on ...

We are in the process of purchasing our first Multifamily, 4 buildings, a 24 plex, a 6 plex, 5 plex, and 8 plex.  Wondering what detail of inspections is common.  Cost adds up quickly.  Is checking the gas line advise...