Jonathan Greene
Calling Out The Welcome Trolls, The Cut and Pasters, and AI Posters
Do you know who the welcome trolls are? Go into the new member introductions forum and watch for the same few people who say the same basic message every time someone new comes on the site. Don't get me wrong, providi...
Jonathan Greene
If You Are Asking These Questions About Your STR, You Are Already Failing
There are so many new operators in the STR field now, and the questions about certain things are mind-boggling. STR is a hospitality business first, and a for-profit business second (if you want to succeed). Your gues...
John Miller
HUD has Kept My $5,000 EMD
In March of 2012 I attempted to buy a HUD foreclosure house. The house was misrepresented as a 2 bath home and had extensive damage not shown on HUD’s inspection or appraisal. After I had my inspection completed I can...
Tinah Canda
A Deal Gone Wrong - What's Next?
Hi BP community, my name is Tinah and I'm a newbie investor in Worcester County, MA. I need some direction on how to handle a deal that has gone insanely wrong.
I made an offer on a 100-year old house for rental. My ...
Joe S.
Does ceiling fans increase the rent rate or not?
Does ceiling fans/ light combo increase the rent rate or not?I just purchased a house that had nice lighting in the bedrooms, but was not ceiling fans. I know ceiling fans are just something extra for tennis to break,...
Sharetha H.
Flipping a house that we don't own...how would this work?
Hi Everyone...
Working with a partner on our first flip. We don't own the house (a friend does), but we are putting all the money into the renovation (the friend is carrying the mortgage on the property). My partner a...
Tim Kersting
Necessary repairs vs unnecessary tenant requests
So the quick version of this is:My mom moved from the area (sf bay area to so-cal) and kept her house here. I am the "property manager" for the time being.We did as much as we could to get the place rent ready in the ...
Ashraf Farrag
Thoughts on converting my rental property to a lease option?
I have a fairly steady rental property. It was a former home of mine. I lived in it for 7 years and it has been rented for about 6 years. There still is a mortgage on the property and it has a decent amount of equity ...
Isaac S.
Bipolar Tenant...I hit the crazy lottery!
I'm posting to vent and maybe get some advice. I have a tenant that I have realized is Bipolar and has some serious mood swings and gets very negative verbally attacking me.She has one of my more challenging units tha...
Julie S.
Emotional Support Animal/Tenants
I just finished cleaning out a property that was damaged because of pets. Now I put a stiff penalty in the lease for bringing unauthorized animals on or into the property. Tenants signed lease Feb 1st. Now, 6 weeks...