Kenneth Garrett
Do you accept Section 8 Tenants
I am asked on my rentals if I take Section 8 tenants. I never say no, I always say it depends on the financial numbers. I have never had a Section 8 tenant apply. What has been your experience with Section 8 tenant...
Scott Trench
Should Early Retirees Take Advantage of Gov't Benefits?
So I've got a controversial topic to throw out to the BP community. On many recent posts I've seen online, I see members of the Financial Independence Community (no BiggerPockets members that I've seen thus far) talk ...
Dan C.
how do you discourage tag-along boyfriend occupants
How do you discourage tag-along boyfriend occupants?I almost rented a place out to a young woman but it ultimately did not work out.However as it fell through I recognized that she had fully intended for a boyfriend t...
M P.
Section 8 being forced upon us by Obama administration
Hello fellow BPers. I have been a long time reader of these forums and have picked up a tremendous base of knowledge from you, my colleagues, on this forum. I am mostly a passive investor, and so have not had a real...
Monika V.
Increasing below market rate rents
Hi everyone! I have a family member who inherited a portfolio of houses in the bay area. They are all located in the southern peninsula within 1 neighborhood. This is great! The not great is that they are rented for a...
Matt Dunlap
How to get a tenant out of a foreclosure while evictions are stop
I'm referring to tenants as the previous owner. There is no lease.
We purchased a foreclosure, gave 3 day notice, then served unlawful detainer. Waited the 5 days with no response from tenant. Received the writ of po...
Michael Plaks
BEWARE: How Cost Segregation is sold to you
My client, let's call him Paul, was not happy to owe the IRS $100k - the tax penalty of having a successful flipping/wholesaling operation. So, based on his buddy's advice (sounds familiar?), he ordered a cost segrega...
Joshua Krilov
Which of these would you fix?
Under contract on our first potential property and just got the inspection report back. I feel totally overwhelmed by the list of 100+ things. Which of these would you expect seller repair credits on? Which of the pro...
Bryan Danger
Exit Strategy/What's your "number"?
I spend a bit of time reading and contributing to different forums... Real Estate, FIRE/Early Retirement, Sailing, Overlanding - and every time I come here to BP I'm left wondering why the discussions/goals I see on ...
Rich Weese
Latest obama attack
obama received an award as man of the year from the newspapers guild over the weekend. No press was evidently allowed to attend(so much for transparency). Now today, a bill was introduced to allow the failing entities...