John Pruner
Deal gone bad, need advice please
Hi,I came into contact with an Atlanta rehab/investor named Andy on BP in Feb or Mar of this year (2014). He had a house for sale in Altanta that needed some major rehab work (about $15k). The house was not in a great...
Michael Ealy
Small Deals Mean Wasting Time & Making Small Money
For those of you who don't know me, I have been investing in real estate since 1999 and I have acquired about 3,000 apartment units (and houses) and I still own 1,000 apartment units today.I also own 45 houses and sev...
Tatyana E.
New landlord, problems already, need help!
Hi guys, I’m new here and I hope so much you'll be able to help me.
I got a rental house recently (paid $180K) and hired a property manager, let’s name her K., to manage it. K. runs a small property management compan...
Alton P.
$5.3M to use but 0 experience. Advice...?
Title says it all. Currently live in Orlando. Made money from other businesses in a relatively short time and at a relatively young age, and now want to put it into real estate. Problem is this would be my first real ...
Ashley Roush
Applicant has no social or driver's license number
We have an applicant trying to complete an application for one of our rentals, but they do not have a social security number or a driver's license number- which are required fields for our background and credit check....
Aaron Mazzrillo
The answer to those "wholesaling is illegal, unethical, immoral" statements...
$7M on one deal and it's out there for the whole world to see.http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/10/14/joel-schreibers-waterbridge-flips-williamsburg-contract-for-106m-sources/Now, all you naysayers, please have a seat ...
Michinori Kaneko
Property manager pocketing late fees
Hi BP,I have used my property manager for about 9 months now, so far i've been happy with what they have been doing. I signed a contract with them back then, and every property which I have acquired and managed has b...
Jared Vidales
Who has become financially independent from Real Estate?
It would be great if your guys could answer the following questions
- Were you able to quit your day job and live off cash generated from RE?
- If so, what age did you start investing, and how long after investing did...
Nathan Gesner
Why is unpaid rent so high?
I've read news reports that say up to 20% of rent has gone unpaid in the last couple of months. I manage 350 units and all but one has paid (we extended grace far longer than normal but now we're in the process of evi...
Bridget Smith-Osbourne
Help Evicting a Military Family
Hello BP Family, Has anyone had to evict a military family? After two months of tenancy, I've decided to evict my tenants, a military family for non payment of rent & unfit living conditions. During a site visit o...