Edward Shin
Would you rent to a parolee?
BP Nation, I need your thoughts and advice: My business partner and I have a property that has been sitting vacant over the last few months. As you can imagine, we're looking to get it rented ASAP, and there's a coupl...
Henry Clark
Self Storage- How far will a Bullet travel through Storage???????
Went on vacation for a week. Came back to one of our newestlocations which is only about 2/5's full, part of the story.Driving through I noticed a hole in one of the Doors. Got onthe camera history to see who backed i...
Lu Carter
Need to make an applicant decision
I have received an application from a husband and wife for my SFH in the Austin area. Rent is 1,950 mo. I am not pressured to get someone in right away but of course I would like to. I don't have any other applicatio...
Stone Teran
Domestic violence
I always try to maintain the philosophy that my tenants deserve privacy unless they are damaging the premises and hurting other tenants.I also have regretted whenever I've stuck my nose past that line and tried to giv...
Trina Hicks
video camera with audio on multifamily unit
I live in Ohio and we recently rented the upper level of a duplex. We moved in our place in October of 2020. My downstairs neighbor said she had been here for two years and it was pretty quiet no break ins or criminal...
Jake B.
FHA Loan During COVID
Hi BP,
How would you handle purchasing a fully occupied multi family with an FHA loan during COVID? The FHA loan requires the owner to occupy one of the units for the first year of ownership. However, it's extremely ...
Anita Oakley
how to evaluate a specific area
Other than zip skinny, are there any other suggestions of how to evaluate a particular area of any given town? I am looking at Dallas in particular (and all surrounding areas). Since I am not familiar with the diffe...
Matt Blutowski
First deal and tenant is a drug dealer!
Sorry, this is complicated, but I want good advise from any/all, so I'm going to include some details.
I closed on my first duplex two weeks ago. The property was fully occupied and according to the previous lease, I...
Michael Hassell
Landlord shot and killed, set on fire while collecting rent...
Came across my BP FB page today http://news10.com/2016/06/03/landlord-shot-killed-...So what do you folks do to combat this sort of thing and protect yourself?Being in Florida I have my concealed weapons permit and ca...
Don Konipol
When Does Owning A MHP Make Sense?
Isn’t owning a MHP where you own the mobile homes and lease them out just the same as owning an apartment complex but with the greater problems of maintenance, low end tenants, etc.? Isn’t the advantage of MHP owners...