So I just listed my very first apartment EVER! I posted on both Zillow and Craigslist and have received about 10 emails and 5 calls in the last 12 hours (posted at 10pm).My approach right now is to have an "open house...

I feel that I am a good everyman when it comes to the average beginner in real estate investing. I've read a lot of books that most accomplished investors have (mostly the Rich Dad series), but have no experience in d...

I just evicted a tenant who had lived in one of my apartments for 8 years. He obviously hadn't cleaned in all those years. I'm wondering, when you do inspections what do you point out for tenants to clean/fix? Do you ...

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First thing I'm glad I joined BP the post, books, and podcast are great! There is so much to learn on here but I plan on sticking around here and learning so I can tell my first success story!

However, I just sc...

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I'm relatively new to the landlording business. Bought my 1st two units about 18 months ago and inherited tenants that are actually pretty good.

This is my first time screening tenants to fill a vacancy (3 br/...

I have a question about the appropriate amount of information that should be revealed in an ad regarding the credit scores and exposed incomes requirements we seek. I wish to reduce calls and meetings with folk that d...

Over the years I've found that people do not read my advertisements completely and waste a tremendous amount of time showing property to people who do not qualify.  I've recently been sending an email to every inquiry...

Ok folks,This seems like a no brainer to me, but I'm not too proud to run it past people more experienced to make sure I'm thinking propertly. I am closing on a 3BR, 1BA, 1,000 sq foot home in 4-5 weeks. The house is ...

I saw a lawyer yesterday to get advice on becoming a first-time landlord and I feel like it was a big waste of time and money. I feel like BiggerPockets forums provide better legal advice than this guy. When he told m...

I have hired a management company to screen prospective tenants for my apartments. But I just found out that they do not do credit checks. They said they do criminal record background checks, income verification, evic...