Jennifer T.
Air Conditioning options
I have just had a big blow to morale. I have a SFH with 4 bedrooms and the tenant is on Section 8 in New Orleans, LA. The cooling part of the HVAC system totally died about a year ago (HVAC can still heat house). I...
Lee L.
failing, failing miserably
STR in the Mount Snow VT area, I just started this fall, it is a family owned house. We are entering the peak rental season and so far I only have 2 bookings. If I can't increase the bookings enough to cover the expen...
Account Closed
Considerations when rehabbing a rental
Recently I was reading something that suggested putting in crown molding and finer touches to a rental property. The purpose to attract quality tenants. The idea on the surface sounds good, we all want to attract qu...
Alex Applebee
My first flip at 26, a woman, ZERO construction skills.
I closed escrow on the sale of my very first flip back in January. Craziness of life got in the way and I never got around to posting about it here. However, I figured it was time. I SERIOUSLY credit BP for some of th...
Joseph England
15 Rehabs in 10 Months in Baltimore City!
Hello BP,I started my real estate investment career a little over a year ago. I bought my first three properties within two months of each other. Two of these were turn key rentals and the other was a rental rehab tha...
Joshua Dorkin
Diary of a New Construction Project
Back in March 2013, BiggerPockets and J Scott collaborated to release two books -- The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs (check them out here if you haven't already). As part of the book ...
Vitaliy Merkulov
Require applicant to give access to their social media accounts?
When screening tenants, in addition to running a credit report, checking landlord references, and checking bad tenant databases I also try to check the applicant's social media accounts. Some people have their account...
Alex Varner
Contractor requesting 50% Upfront
Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...
Marc Estepa
Hawaii Landlord using $4000 deposit to fund carpet remodel
Aloha. I have a situation in Hawaii I am looking for guidance with. My family had rented a 3000 square foot home from 2016-2020 with two large mastiffs. Bottom line up front: The owner is hinting at replacing his e...
Jia Lin
Tenant Threatening Legal Action For Landlord Responses to Repairs
Hi All,Need some insight regarding some issues I'm experiencing with some tenants. I had a couple move in to my townhouse and in the few months they've been here there's been a series of repairs that were needed for t...