Carlos Enriquez
VA purchase loan; owner occupy sticky point
I live in California and am looking to purchase in Seattle. I sold my California SFR back in May and am renting until I move up there. I'm waiting until I sell my commercial building before I become a permanent resi...
Francois G.
Question For Lenders Regarding W2's
Hey,I was looking to get some advice from a lender regarding financing for a potential client I'm working with. Long story short, she was in the hospitality industry for years but now she wants to "work for herself" a...
Daniel Alfandre
How do you prove urine odor to keep security deposit?
A tenant just moved out of my rental property and there is a urine odor throughout the first floor. The floors are vinyl planks (Allure Trafficmaster). She had a cat and signed a pet addendum that obligates her to p...
Jen Anderson
Hassles of buying a Triplex in Oakland, California
Hi all,Was hoping for you some advice/answers to my many questions. I am planning on House Hacking by buying a Triplex in Oakland and then occupying 1 of the units, renting out the other 2. I found the perfect proper...
Nhia Yang
Advice on Financing for Duplexes
I am new to REI and looking to purchase my first multi-family property. I came across 2 multi-family properties (2 duplexes) for sale by owner who is motivated, eager to move in another city --- not wanting to manage ...
Doc Godfrey
Contractor bill dispute
I hired a handyman/contractor to fix some drywall for me in a master bath that I am fixing up as a rental. We had a fixed price of $1,300 for this portion of the work. While he was doing the drywall repairs, he said h...
John Apple
Can you advertise anything regarding commission?
I am a new agent who is finding it difficult to get my first listing. I recently started running ads and I'm wondering if it's legal to say something to the effect of "I can save you thousands on the sale of your home...
Chad Carson
Best Tips From Your Experience in Prior Recessions
I published an article on the BiggerPockets blog yesterday with 7 lessons I learned as an investor who owned properties (flips, rentals, notes) going into the 2008-2009 recession. For most of the lessons, I have the s...
Raymond Wu
Tenants Trashing Apartment
DearBP Community, As a young investor and new to the REI world, I need some advice on a situation at one of the investment properties I currently own. I have tenants that moved in not too long ago with her five kids, ...
Mitchell Benson
Bed bugs??
Hello everyone,
I got a quick question for you those of you out there who may have dealt with a bug infestation roach or bedbug problem in the past...
My question is who should pay for pest control me or the renter?