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Jason Schimer How BiggerPockets Saved My Life
10 May 2017 | 9 replies

I swear this started out as just a sentence:
I was born to a father that would drive me to school teaching me about stocks, bonds, mutual funds, anything and everything that involved money. He didn’t drill it but I cr...

Kate Barry Keeping the faith after multiple rejections...
19 January 2021 | 27 replies

Hey BPI'm looking for advice, encouragement, anecdotes, anything really that can help me find the spirit to keep at this.We have had two seriously fantastic deals slip out of our hands at the last minute.  I know, onl...

Aryan Strauss Evicted for smoking off property?
1 April 2024 | 11 replies

I didn’t smoke or vape when I rented from my landlord who has a no smoking policy for his units and property. No problem, I go out to the city owned sidewalk and sit on the curb, off property. I always pick up my butt...

Account Closed What building codes have you been burned by?
6 February 2019 | 29 replies

I've heard stories about people blowing out their budgets because of codes related to things like window size/height in bedrooms, electrical and plumbing stuff, even things like having to expand the waste lines when a...

Dan N. Pre-paid rent with post-dated check. When can I deposit it?
29 May 2014 | 24 replies

HI there,

I have a tenant who unexpectedly sent me the next three rent payments with post dated checks. Apparently she will be traveling a lot and didn't want to forget to pay.

I have asked her to clari...

Jason Stoltzfus How to automate everything
27 April 2022 | 16 replies

I was going to make a low-effort post and ask how to automate one particular thing. But instead of just asking for something I thought I'd give something to the community first. I'm trying to document how to automate ...

Stephen G. What advice do you have for a first time landlord in Oakland?
15 May 2021 | 13 replies

Hi Team,My wife and I just closed on a vacant duplex in Oakland. We're thrilled as we've been saving for 4 years! It was recently renovated by the long time owners and move-in ready. We've never been landlords before,...

Marco Petit Buying a house in probate
31 August 2017 | 11 replies

I found a house that an heir is really motivated to sell, but is in probate. I think I've heard that houses often can get sold before the probate is over. How do I go about this deal? His family also owns houses in ot...

Susan H. Lease language re erentpayment.com account
27 July 2016 | 10 replies

I'm editing my lease document to reflect my (planned) use of erentpayment.com for rent payments. (Mine is currently full of the old bank account info for direct deposit/mailing.) If you're collecting rent via erentpay...

Matthew McNeil Please point me to a new growing market in the Pacific NW
22 May 2018 | 21 replies

After buying 3 SFHs in the Boise/Meridian Idaho Treasure Valley area, all of which are producing healthy positive cashflow, I’m ready to buy another SFH.  However, the Boise area market is [arguably] the fastest growi...