Christopher Lawrence
Comfort cat. Fair housing law question.
Hello,I was wondering if any of you have had a situation like this arise. I own a college rental property with 6 students renting for a yearly lease. They came to us as a group of 6 and signed the lease without ever d...
Travelle Mason
Experience with REDlining
It isn't anything new and it has been well documented (whether you are aware of it or not). I'm curious to know if there are any personal experiences with redlining for those seeking conventional mortgages, especially...
Steve Vaughan
My wife was laid-off today. 3 lessons.
After 14 years, my wife just got laid-off indefinitely along with probably 50% of her colleagues. Shes in the aerospace Industry and Boeing was their largest customer by far.
I'm not predicting gloom and doom for a...
Michaela G.
Parent interefers in tenant lease
What would you do? We have an artist community here and I've had a new tenant (white) and her boyfriend (black) sign a lease last Friday. This is in a historic black neighborhood - it's important, you'll see. They gav...
Wade Sikkink
Renting to a felon
A guy called me yesterday and asked about an apartment we have for rent. I gave him the info then he asked, "Do you rent to felons?"
I was a little surprised and responded, "What do you mean?"
He expla...
Nat C.
Another day, another shonky contractor
I have been using Thumbtack to find various professional for hire. Thumbtack is similar to Angies List and Home Advisor. I placed an ad for a HVAC technician. I offered $250 for installation on each AC unit stating th...
Larry Turowski
How do you handle the stress?
The latest one for me is my rehab contractor disappearing for 5 days. He finally returned my calls today and said a family member out of state had tree fall on their roof. He went to help fix it.But I find I stress ...
Samantha Miller
Lesson learned. . . seeking encouragement
Hey BP. I wanted to share a tough lesson learned, partly to help others learn from my experience and partly to seek any words of wisdom/encouragement. :( Thanks in advance!I am just 2 weeks from closing on my first p...
Michael B.
A Call for Inspiration: Share Your Overall Success
Hi BP. I find that the success of others inspires me and sheds light on what's possible. I have my why for wanting to create wealth... giving, family, travel, etc. and I assume others have their why as well.I would li...
Chaz Mathias
Should you Protect your Assets with a Prenup?
Hi All,I wanted to begin a discussion on prenuptial agreements when bringing assets into a new marriage. I know this is a controversial topic, however I thought that the BiggerPockets community was the best place to b...