Heather Buscemi
Landlords illegally subleased to me
So my brother in law offered me a place to stay as long as I found a roommate to cover the rent with. I did. It was my daughter, fiance and myself, as well as my roommate and her 2 teenagers. We paid rent on time ever...
Ryan Redenius
Ice forming inside windows
I noticed inside my windows that there's a pretty significant amount of ice (see pic below). Granted, this was taken last week when Chicago was insanely cold, but I also had a tenant complain about the same thing a c...
Sahil Relan
Chicago: Security Camera Systems
Hi All,
Would like to hear from fellow investors about some security camera systems they use in Chicago. Problem is that I cant use tenants internet for the system. I ideally want to put 3-4 cameras covering the exte...
Raman Bindlish
Screening tenants - no email id
I used many different credit screening services but now I have a case where the tenant is not using email at all and he does not even remember his email password. I tried so many services and all ask the tenant to che...
Tim Kaminski
How to Screen Tenants Moving in from OOS with no Job?
BP,Have a rental in Tampa that I have been trying to rent out and have been getting quite a few inquiries from potential tenants moving into the area...WITH NO JOB.This might be an easy answer but is it worth working ...
Geoffrey Serdar
Our first duplex acquisition - Minneapolis
My First Duplex - Winter 2016Any feedback, advice, stories, or jokes are well appreciated...Hello, my name is Geoffrey Serdar, intro post located here. I am closing on my first duplex acquisition in a few weeks.The f...
Joe Rinderknecht
Financial/Equity partners: advice and feedback
Hello BP. I have a question on what legal things have to be set up in order to bring on financial/equity partners. I am working on a few big deals right now and have a few guys lined up to help me finance them. But af...
Greg Meyer
who should keep the security deposit$$
I am an out of town investor. As such, I depend on a property manager (PM) to sign up new tenants, collect rents etc. Some security deposit $$ are in my bank,with a dedicated account and some have been kept with the p...
Aaron T.
STR in Gated Community- How do you handle initial guest entry
how do you handle entry procedure for your STR in a gated community? I am under contract to buy a unit behind a vehicle gate in a gated community. do you meet your guest there? have you found a technology solution?
Joseph Leguenec
Inter-creditor Agreement for Property Sale. Bad Idea?
Hey there, Long time lurker, first time poster! I have been consulting with various attorneys, and have been getting some mixed messages. Heres the scenario.I have two adjoining properties for sale. They are two separ...