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I'll never understand why 99% of the time people have negative responses when I tell them I am trying to get into real estate and rental properties. I mean literally every time I tell someone about it I get one of th...
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Well its been a rough year as a landlord for me so far. Even worse than the year Hurricane Ike caused its damage. To date since January first of this year I have spent an average of $1475 a month for repairs and vac...
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I just recently joined BP and the information/advice I have seen so far is always very solid, so I thought I would ask your opinions on a opportunity my wife and I have. We currently own 5 single family rentals in th...
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As some of you know, my wife and I are in the process of purchasing a vacation home in the Davenport area. We are planning to rent it out as an STR when we are not there. While looking at other STRs around the area we...
Earlier this year we took management of our properties back, so we are now self owned and operated. We have found that many tenants do not take the late fees or notices seriously, many want a payment arrangement each ...
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Has anyone had success with turnkey over 10 years?
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I have been doing a lot of searches on the BP forum about appliances for rental properties. I am really surprised to see that some landlords do not provide appliances. I am located in New Hampshire and I have never re...
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It has been cold here in Michigan, but I have had an unusually small amount of inquires on this house. Are any of you having better luck? Here is my ad: http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_rent/Burton-MI/house,condo,ap...
I've seen in other threads that a lot of landlords basically always include a dishwasher and tile the shower, even for lower end properties. I'm wondering how BP feels about other things like washer/dryer, a/c, garbag...
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Hi everyone, so selling a quad in Louisiana and set to close on Jan 4th, however, I have 3 tenants that have been behind and despite months of asking my manager to process evictions if they did not catch up, I now hav...