Dave Harlan
Picking a home inspector
Good afternoon everyone,I'm wonder what your opinions are on hiring a home inspector? Pros, cons, services they offer, price, etc. Basically what do i need to know about choosing one. Thank you all for your time and a...
Autavea Dabney
Credit Engineering
Has anyone heard of this company? They say they will GURANTEE removal of bankruptices, foreclosures, late payments, etc for hefty fees.
Peyton LaBarbera
How to calculate NOI?
My question is... When do I take out the average 5% vacancy fee and the average 10% maintenance fee? Are both taken out of the gross rental income before all of the other operating expenses or after you deduct the ope...
Miguel Sanchez
Potential Tenant 580 Credit Score...Are All Scores Created Equal?
Good day!Wanted to ask the landlord community their take on this matter. Let me preface with the fact that I've been following the BiggerPockets Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide throughout this entire process. O...
Laura Thorne
Vetting and Managing General Contractors
I am buying my first rental property through a short sale. The place needs a lot of work and I plan to use a general contractor. How do you make sure you are working with a good one? I am asking for references fro...
Bob B.
What will the next housing downturn look like?
The entire country has just spent the past decade enjoying one of the longest bull markets of our time.
Financing has been readily available, there have been an abundance of Buyers available for just about any asset ...
Jeff Lee
Online Payment Services/Help Tenant Build Credit
Does anyone have any experience with online rent payment services that claim to help tenants build their credit? This is what I've found so far and I'm trying to find one with the lowest cost for both landlord and ten...
Jay Bhatt
Turnkey Tour - Due Diligence and Questions
Hi BP community,I am in Chicago to take a tour of a turnkey rental operations. Although it is kind of last minute, I thought I would run by BP community list of questions I am going to ask or notes I am going to make....
Stephen Gallagher
Home Inspectors Report of finding on Residential Electric
Greetings all,Just getting started in making Real Estate my living, but not new to owning property, being a landlord, or dealing with problems. I will share some of my own stories later, but for this post I wanted to...
Roselin G.
Trustworthy contractor or no?
hello!
I’m working or attempting to work with a contractor who wants $1000 deposit before he’ll give me a breakdown of the renovation. I gave him a list of updates and he quoted me 60-75k. I asked for a breakdown so ...