John K.
Tenants Changing In Unit Security Deposit
Situation: Two adults, two children. The two adults are parent and child (over 18), both are on the current lease. They were inherited tenants, and have been EXCELLENT tenants almost always paying on time like clock...
Andrew W.
Texas Series LLC - Bank Account Recommendation?
Hi Texas investors! Can anyone recommend a bank in Texas that will allow me to setup separate checking accounts for each Series of my LLC? I've setup an LLC with a separate series for each of my rental properties (2 s...
Josh Gold
I had an idea about "Syndication", what do you thinK?
Hello Everyone,I'm toying with an idea that I had today and was wondering if the forum would help me shoot holes in it. I'm thinking about a family syndication that would allow the parents (my parents and their sibli...
Chris DeTreville
Enter property where children may be home alone?
I had given 24 hour written notice to a tenant to go in to her house and inspect some work that a contractor had done about a week ago at the owners request. This is in a really bad, low income neighborhood. The ten...
Matthew Childs
Primer or Paint on Walls to Make Ready to Sell
Paint the walls or leave them with just primer?Here’s the story:My mom had to move out of her house this past spring. It was put on the market but the only offers were real low ball offers from investors. There wer...
Chris Seveney
Note Investing: Like Watching a Jerry Springer Episode Unfold
In the world of note investing, you never know what you’re going to get. Just when I think I’ve seen it all, a due diligence case like this one lands on my desk. We’re looking at a seven-figure property in Texas, tied...
Gordon Starr
Should I hire my own kids to work for me?
Hey everyone,I am a sole proprietor with a steadily expanding buy and hold portfolio. My kids are age 8 (son) and 10 (daughter). As a single dad with sole custody, the kids have always tagged along in some way - somet...
Elizabeth A Johnson
Tennant shared space issues
I live on the first floor apartment with my three children just the four of us. We have had several tenants move in and out upstairs and have had a wide range of issues. Nothing like this! There was a couple up stairs...
Yashar Fred
my tenant is asking a combined lease possibility with her fiancé
a potential tenant is asking to be able to sign a lease WITH her fiance so that they meet the income requirement criteria (x3 the rent), What is a good way to do this? She does not want to do a co-signer and is sugge...
Tinah Canda
Purchasing property with uncertain lead status
Hi BP community, my name is Tinah - a brand new real estate investor and I am in a bit of pickle - need guidance.I signed a P&S agreement on a property and later realized that by law the lead disclosure on lease d...