Anthony Pinto
Posted first AirBnb Listing
It's official folks! After a little over a month, we finally posted our first AirBnb listing in Portsmouth, VA using one of the units in our quadplex. We are open for business starting tomorrow. My wife and I are expe...
Michael Hoover
Would you rent to unemployed couple with 6 months prepaid rent???
Looking to rent one of my 2 bedroom units and a couple with an interesting situation applied and I wanted to see what some you of thought of renting to them. The husband was recently laid off from his job and is curr...
Douglas Goldstein
Cash out refinance will turn cash flow negative?
I'm looking for ways to finance my next purchase. I'm could do a cash-out refinance on a rental I own since the LTV is 57%. Currently, it has $150/month cash flow. If I refinanced to an 80% LTV, I could get $180,000...
Lauren Heart
First time Bed Bugs!!! Tenant wants to sue! Advice anyone?
Hi BP Community!One of my SF in the Dayton, OH is reporting bed bugs. They moved in December 1, 2016 and just reported it to my PM this week. I know it wasn't infested 6 months ago, and I have always made repairs in...
Account Closed
Any investors live in a Tiny House?
So this is an idea that my wife and I have been bouncing around for the last couple of months. We are new to investing and looking for some rental properties. Preferably we would like to start out with short term/Airb...
Daniel Bedell
How I Built An Amazing STR The SUPER HARD WAY!
I was burnt out. For nearly fifteen years I had worked as a commercial photographer trying to balance art and commerce. I felt like I had failed. The commerce me had killed the creative me. The problem was that fi...
Phil Janasac
Coach house not recognized on zoning certificate
My fiancee and I are in the process of purchasing a 2-flat with a coach house in the back of the lot on the north side of Chicago. Our lender requested a zoning certificate for the appraisal and discovered there are o...
Kevin Barnard
New tenant is really late
What's up BP been a while. I purchased a triplex OOS in November . Two of my inherited tenants always pay on time or within a few day . Now the 3rd cost me a bunch of money by leaving with no notice and trashing the p...
Denny Robert
100% Down vs Financing - What does the bible say?
I'm having a conversation with another Christian businessman, and he is convicted that "the borrower is slave to the lender".
I know the arguments for and against borrowing to buy real estate, and from a purely mathe...
Katherine Roberts
SOS- In over my head
I’ve posted multiple questions about this duplex we are (potentially) about to close on. I am in over my head and need more advice. The duplex was a SFH converted to a duplex. They listed it while the plumbing wasn’t ...