Sacha LaCoss
Help tenant caused fire now wants out of lease?
Home located in Albuquerque current lease through May 2020Tenants dog caused a fire by dragging a pillow over a gas floor heater Gas meter was pulled as the fire melted the safety cut off valve to the gas heater where...
Patricia Hinojos
Ways to upsell "extras" to raise monthly rental income?
I was wondering if anyone has been successful "upselling" rental income by offering extras to boost monthly rent. I'm thinking things like extra $ for optional wash/dryer, stainless frig, security alarm, even a flats...
Will B.
Miami Gardens - Lessons Learned on single family Flip
A lot of this may be obvious to some of the readers, but I’m going to mention it anyway.I own other property in New York and Miami and incorrectly thought that this qualified me to do a flip. Initially, I had thought...
David Dey
Answer to those calling you vulture stealing houses from Grandma!
Do you hesitate to answer when someone asks you what you do for a living? Do you hang your head when the naysayers label your industry as a bunch of vultures preying on the innocent, trying to steal houses from littl...
Matt R.
Attn: Detroit Investors - 36 month Case Study - see video enclosed...oh boy
A little background on this one. I have been following Shea on youtube for about a year. He is in Detroit and has seen it all. I find his honest take entertaining and educational. For this video case study - some dude...
MarieChele Porter
Renting to a violent felon?
Hey y'all,I know this post is going to seem so rookie to a lot of you but here we go I need your help... I had a potential tenant come by last week (alone) and fell in love with the property... It's not rented yet and...
Dylan Katz
Potential tenants seeing vacant unit unattended?
Hi BP community, I just finished listening to Mike Butler's "Landlording on Autopilot" audiobook, and I found his chapter on showing vacant units very interesting. For those that haven't read or listened, he recommend...
Jon S.
Tenant breaking lease
A tenant owes partial rent and late fees from prior month. Rent is due Oct 10th, last night she informed me she is breaking the lease and asked if she could ride out the month of Oct, promising to be out by Nov 1, and...
James Kandasamy
AC cannot cool below 78F
Hi BPers,We have a house that was built in 1984 in Texas. The tenant claims that the AC cannot cool down below 78 F. The outside temperature was around 100 F when they claim this. The AC is running all the time. The A...
Raquel L.
Young, Dumb Investment Mistakes-- Cut My Losses And Take The Hit?
Well. Woe is me. Here's the tale of a young, banana-headed investor who leaped fast without the analysis paralysis that so many would-be investors suffer from...
Okay, SO... to start, someone recently ask...