Joe Martin
New Member from Asheville, NC
Hello, my wife and I are corporate slaves, planning our escape. We are from Atlanta, currently living in Beer City: Asheville NC. I've been interested in real estate investing for about 10 years, and really enjoy the ...
Logan M.
Trading my Single Family Homes for multifamily properties
Over the last few years, I have been able to build up a portfolio of over one hundred and fifty rental units. Within that, I have eleven single-family homes. Being located in Utah means that I have been able to gain a...
Steve Rozenberg
How to fail as a landlord in 3 easy steps!
It seems like a lot of landlords have certain certain messes that they made fixed and most of the time we are able to help them untangle their messes. Some of the of things that I’ve seen over the years boil dow...
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Foreclosures in North Carolina
I'm going to be visiting my county courthouse this week to watch the preceedings of several foreclosed properties. I had planned to just watch and ask questions but a few of the properties look like that have a good ...
Justin Morris
Buying first rental property what are my non-traditional financing options?
I'm looking to buy my first rental property around 40-60k. I have about $12-15k to put down as a down payment but my credit is so so and I have a high income to debit ratio so traditional financing is out. What are my...
Mealyann Saing
College Student Interview with Father about Finance & Real Estate
Hi All! I'm a college student at CSULB taking a course on Family Consumer Financial Management and one of my assignments was to do an interview. I thought many Bigger Pockets members may be interested in seeing the Q'...
Ben Kirchner
Unauthorized pets or occupants
The tenant at my property has lived in the residence for 1 month now. The known occupants of the house is 2 adults (Mother & Daughter) and 2 children (Daughter's children) Last week, I did a 30 day walk through....
Joseph Weisenbloom
Tenant signed lease but wont pay deposit
Recently a perspective tenant found a loophole in my lease after it was signed. It states that the deposit will be "paid before move in" To this effect the tenant could pay the day before move in leaving me waiting we...
Ash Townsend
10% increase so chronic late-paying renters will move California
Hello,One of my tenants has paid the rent late seven out of eight months (including the rent for August) this year. Typically, they pay less than half to half the rent around the 8th or 9th of the month (which is alre...
Robert Laird
Cascadia Fault / Juan de Fuca Plate predicted earthquakes, have impact on West Coast Real Estate markets?
Has anyone seen this article? "The Really Big One"http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-r... I know the New Yorker is a bit lengthy to read start to finish, so I included some quotes from the article that I...