Hey BP! I am just getting started in both the real estate and BP worlds -- I love the fact that, as owners, we have the ability to pull on different cost-levers to increase the performance of our properties! I have a ...
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Hello all, I've searched the forums on this topic but can't find it. We are newbie landlords going on 3 months now. We have a planned trip during the first week of March - can we ask our tenants to pay rent early? How...
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Do you simply make sure they have renter's insurance or do you require a minimum amount?I have insurance on my properties and an umbrella policy as well.
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Wondering how many of you use illegal aliens for help with your rehabs. Does anyone check out their contractor to make sure he is not hiring illegals?
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Hi BP, Are any of you using QR codes in your marketing? I am thinking that I might add a small one to the bottom of my letters and postcards as I send them out. With today's technology driven culture I think a lot of...
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Hello BP-We are currently under contract to buy a house, and I received an e mail Friday that appeared to come from my realtor stating that the Title Company needed me to wire funds that day to make sure the closing w...
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I advertised an apartment early in the month for a March 1 move-in and got a number of bites. However, I put in some engineered hardwood in the apartment and it wasn't show ready until mid-month and raised the ren...
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Has anyone ever worked with the hard money lender Xpress Loans 911?
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Good article.Talks about Pros and Cons and discussed the Landlord side of this too.Should rent be canceled because of the coronavirus?https://news.yahoo.com/should-rent-be-canceled-because-of-the-coronavirus-204910688...