Adam Abdullah
I'm trying to get my Dad into real estate but he only likes stocks
Hi everyone, I'm Adam and I'm new here. I'm 28 and an aspiring real estate investor. I have no personal financial resources to buy a property on my own so I'm looking first to relatives for investment money for a down...
Christy Philippoff
What do I do if my renters won’t move out?
We have tenants whose lease is up in May. We told them when we signed the lease last it that it was for one year and then we were turning the house into an Airbnb. In March we told them that if they moved out early w...
Chris Pasternak
Raising rent on tenants after purchase of property -- good or bad idea?
Title says it all. The additional details are that the top tenant has been there for 4 years and the bottom tenant has only lived there since August. I was wanting to raise the rent $50-$75 for the top unit (3 be...
Patrick H.
Good Profit on First Flip / Spec build
Finally completed my first rehab project after 10 months with a partner from BP. He put in the money and I put in the work. The house was nothing more than a shell when I found it on the MLS. It had been partially dem...
Patty Harris
LLC
I am a newbie to BP and just in time! I have declared 2015 as the year I begin investing in RE. I have wanted to break into the field for over 10 years but felt completely unequipped. I didn't know how or where to sta...
Mal K.
My tenant was robbed
One of my tenants apartment was robbed today. Someone broke the door to their unit and stole some stuff. I was told the cousin of one of my other tenants was staying in her apartment while she was out of town and that...
Will Barnard
Viability of Flipping in Expensive Neighborhoods
This was a question posed to me via PM that I wanted to share for the entire community and welcome feedback and questions from everybody interested in the topic."Hi, WillThanks for sharing your valuable experience at ...
Frank Klein
if you are waiting for the right moment to start, its now
“Success means doing the best we can with what we have. Success is the doing, not the getting; in the trying, not the triumph. Success is a personal standard, reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming all that ...
Greg P.
Is my Handyman/Contractor ripping me off? or is it Fair?
Hello all. I've hired a contractor/handyman who has his own crew working. He does not have a license and insurance, but I've worked with him on smaller projects and he is a nice guy. Here's the scope of work he is ...
Eva Taylor
Lease wasn't signed correctly and tenant always pays late
I am a very new landlord. We bought our house turned rental nearly three years ago this coming summer. Last December my husband's job was moved 150 miles away so we had to relocate. We didn't want to try selling our h...