Hi Guys, first post since reactivating my account.I have a tenant that has become pretty much unresponsive. They pay the rent every month on time and have not been an issue at all in the 1st 6 months. However, they co...

I was in escrow on a house out of state. They required a $1000 earnest $ deposit. The escrow papers gave me 2 weeks to inspect property for defects. I asked for a 30 day escrow, but as I recall my realtor made it a...

The last time I posted was after recently purchasing a single-family home that has a 2 bedroom/1 bathroom guest house in the backyard. Today my tenant is moving into that 2 bedroom/1 bathroom guest house. Every time I...

Hi--sorry if this isn't in the right area, I wasn't sure which board to put this in. I've spent the past two days reading every thread on BiggerPockets that mentioned condemned properties (and the first three pages of...

Hello BP I have a friend whose renting a 3br/2 1/2 b apartment. 3 weeks ago a leaking pipe was discovered that was no fault of the tenant. A few days later someone came out, knocked out a few areas of drywall & al...

I’m looking for some guidance. I recently purchased a side by side duplex. One side was vacant and is undergoing a remodel (which I’m doing myself), the other side came with inherited tenants. When I took ownership, I...

A quick rundown. At the far secluded end to a Pennsylvania country lane, sits two houses, one house I've rented for 10 years, and the second house where my landlord's son and his family live and have so for about the...

Hi All! New to bigger pockets, just learned of it recently and seems just in time for a question. I bought my first property in DC in 2017 with plans that got disrupted by a cross country move. I decided to rent it ou...

Hi all , Since 2009/2010 I have had a close eye on the US real estate market especially those hit hardest by the downturn. I've been in Australia and didn't really have the capital required to make a serious impact on...

So last month we got 3 inches of rain in a short period of time. The sump pump backed up and could not keep up. Water got into both the lower units as well as the hallway. It was April 13th which was a Sunday..I wa...