Gregory Childs
Flipping and Theft
So here's my dilemma. Normally to reduce DOM we include really nice appliances, or we stage the property, or we include some "bling" type features to make sure our rehabbed properties get on our retail buyer's short-l...
Marisa Alvarez
Tenant taking smoke alarms off
3 bedroom house with 5 kids. Went for an inspection, smoke alarms were off including the bedroom ones. Tenant says it because when she cooks all the smoke alarms 🚨 in the house 🏡 go off.Of course I want her to put the...
Casey Adams
Landlord Insurance Advice (Memphis TN)
Hello All,I currently just closed on my first BRRRR/rental property today and I'm trying to get everything situated as quickly as possible to get rehab under way (I don't want to hold a balance on my HELOC for very lo...
Bruce P.
Good smoke detector for a house to replace First Alert
Hi, so the house my friend has been living in in Los Angeles area has a First Alert P1210 smoke/fire alarm that started chirping in the middle of the night. It's supposed to be one of these 10 year battery life type a...
Nazz Wang
Water Damage Caused by Tenant - Charge Them Now or Out of Deposit
Hello BP Community,I have some regular tenants that caused water damage to my bathroom floor and drywall as well as the downstairs neighbor's bathroom roof because they were filling a water can and forgot to turn the ...
Pavan Krishna
Security during the tenant turn-over
Hi,I'm a long-distance landlord. I've a house in San Jose bay area and live out of state. After the last tenants vacated, I spend 2 weeks at this house, got it all fixed up, engaged a tenant placement service and re...
Marco Giovannoli
Alternative to ADT Burglar Alarm Monitoring
I purchased my home about 1 years ago. The previous owner had an ADT security alarm system. I didn't want to sign up for a long term contract so I did some research and found a monitoring company called Alarm Relay. T...
Vishakha Penney
Tenant installed alarm without consent. Can I ask for code?
I texted my tenant tonight to let her know I would be coming by with an appraiser. She responded that she would need to be home because of the alarm. Alarm?? They installed an alarm system without asking permission or...
Andrew Reis
Smoke and Fire Alarm Sensitivity
Happy Fourth to my fellow Real Estate Investors. I am a landlord here in Boston and own a 3 family. I have two common area stairwells with 2 Kidde Smoke Alarms in each (Model P4010ACS). They are hard wired fire alarms...
Sarah Im
New mortgage to house hack if we rent out our current home?
Hello everyone! My husband and I are new investors and we are trying to clean up our financial messes so we can be on our way to financial independence. Before we seriously considered the idea of investing, we made th...