Zac P.
Potential Income: Appliance Rental?
Through managing many properties, I continually see my tenants turn to renting or lease to own appliances. Not that there is anything wrong with it, but the tenants are basically getting ripped off and end up payin...
Spencer Cornelia
Solving the Bed Bugs Problem (in House Hack)
Background: I operate a 7 bed / 5 bath house hack in Las VegasMy cleaning crew found a bed bug so I hired pest control to come investigate the property. $85 later and no signs of bed bugs. Huge relief! Dodged a bul...
Mariana Pasin
Furnished Student Rentals
Hello BP community,
On the idea of furnished rentals for students, which of these markets would work best: Houston, Austin or somewhere else? (Thought of Texas because long term rentals there are good as backup plan)...
Kristin McPherson
STR w/o renting to strangers (time share with friends & fam only)
A friend of mine told me about her parents' vacation rental arrangement, and this setup really appeals to me. It's basically a time share arrangement among close friends & family. As I understand it, one person ...
Celebra Queen
Problems with tenant's moving out
Hello,Would like to ask for opinion/advise how to deal with the tenant's requests upon moving out to return the security deposit and half of the paid rent for the last month. Please read the correspondence below betwe...
Bobby Mitchell
Cash only investing in Mobile Homes - My plan
Hi All,First time posting on here but I have been an avid reader of the forums for a couple years. Great learning tool.I invested in single family homes in Houma, Louisiana from 2006-2009 and did okay, a couple rehab/...
Lance A White
Buying and Moving Mobile Homes
My daughter Just picked up two mobile homes. One is move in ready, the other needs lots of work. She is super excited because she sold some of the furniture that was left in it which should cover the back taxes owed p...
Ben Kowallis
House Hack with AirBNB
Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $326,000
Cash invested: $19,900
Sale price: $460,000
Basement was already set up as another unit, so I bought f...
Wendy Vaidic
To Stage or Not to Stage?
Hello. I was wondering how everyone feels about staging homes that are being flipped. 1. If your market is hot and you are getting offers in days is it helpful still?2. Do you think it increases value or just lessen...
Gary Ennis
Costs for Furnishing a Vacation Rental Property
Experienced VR owners - I'd love to hear your tips/tricks for furnishing a property in a manner that is cost effective while still appealing to your target guests.We spent way too much (IMO) on furnishing our first VR...