Nicholas Jose
How to make tenants turn off basement lights?
Good evening, BP.So in the ground-floor of my property, I have washers and dryers, one set for the first-floor tenants and the other set for the second-floor tenants. The thing is, the first-floor and ground-floor ele...
Jason Howell
Good books on setting real estate investing goals
Are there any books out there that detail the thought process behind setting solid and defined goals as it relates to real estate? Or maybe even not focused just on real estate, but maybe business in general?I always ...
Matthew Porcaro
How should I take rent payments?
Hey Guys - what is everyone preferred way of taking rent payment? Only own two units currently, so I don't need a robust system just yet. How should I have my tenants pay me? Up until this point I've just been taking ...
Jason Schatz
collecting late fees from tenant
I have been reading a lot of the good posts on here about structuring of late fees and it has been helpful. My leases currently have rent due on the 1st with a 5 day grace period and a flat late fee of $50 after that...
Shayanna Lee
Best way to promote yourself
From direct mail to cold calling I feel like there are many dead ends is that usual? I tell myself it will take many calls before receiving someone so I don’t put myself down. But let me ask this should I start puttin...
Ivan Sarabia
Tenant has not switched utilities over to his name...
Newbie here,I just had a new tenant moved in my property January first, all the utilities where on my name and I told him he had a few days to get settled in and switch the utilities to his name. It is now almost the ...
Ryan Luby
Tenants keep running out of oil!
Small problem we are having with tenants which I wanted to start a discussion about.In one of our properties our tenants do not have access to the basement for some safety concerns and so they can't go messing with pl...
Don Spafford
Secondary lien holder foreclosure
Can a secondary lien holder start a foreclosure process? If I were to loan some money to use toward a down payment while a bank finances the rest, so I am a second or junior lien holder, would I be able to foreclose i...
Jack B.
A presumed sexual predator just tried to rent from me
Unbelievable. Besides his vague inquiry about the bg check, he was unwilling to tell me what his exact charges were. Just that they were child abuse. I asked him if it was a felony and he hemmed and hawed but wouldn't...
John Holleran
on-line Rent collection
What is the best online rental payment collection site to use for 1-5 rentals.