Thomas S.
Landlords and Tenants Lawyers
To begin I will say that if you operate in a State that requires that Landlords always be represented by a Lawyer none of my experiences or practices may apply. In our jurisdiction Landlords are not required to have l...
Jennifer Davila
Home Partners of America f/k/a Hyperion Homes Not a good Program
Hello All,This is my first time on a forum, but I am so frustrated with my situation with Home Partners that I felt it necessary to write. I have been renting with them for about a month and the process to get anythi...
Joshua Dorkin
What Did You Leave the BiggerPockets Summit With? Your Highlights?
After 3 days of nonstop networking and 2 days of nonstop learning, I'm exhausted. That said, my adrenaline is flowing like crazy! The BiggerPockets Summit was absolutely incredible and unfortunately, we didn't have t...
Stewart McMillan
Wait, what?! Tenants Violated Lease and Want 2x Security Deposit?
I recently had an issue with the power going out in a Chicago unit of mine. ComEd turned the power off due to non-payment(though ComEd never warned me or tenants which they are required to do by Illinois law), but I h...
Eric G.
That's Just Criminal
Anyone see this?Oakland bans criminal background checks on potential tenantshttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-21/oakland-bans-criminal-background-checks-on-potential-tenants1. Is this fair to the law-ab...
Jonathan Foux
New to short term rentals - what are the biggest operational challenges?
Hi all, I have had some experience in small real estate investing but a friend of mine has approached me to start investing in short-term rentals. I am aware of the main differences and landscape but was just curious ...
Robert P.
Tenant using laundry before they should be...
So I am looking for a little feedback on what you would do. Here is the situation.I just got new tenants in (they have been living there for about a month and a half. I have been nothing but attentive to all of their ...
Dustin Little
Negative monthly cash flow
Currently I have a home in Alabama on a streamline va loan that I recently refinanced. It is a 15yr loan at 3.25% and the balance is 119k. The nearby comps indicate that I'm about even. I collect $765 a month after pm...
Aaron Wyssmann
$1,000 gone missing...
So here's the story of the missing $1000…I work currently for a property management company and we have around 300 single family units. You can imagine that the first of every month is crazy with people bringing in t...
Sol Bergren
vinyl plank flooring is separating
I've installed vinyl plank flooring in a rental, I really like it but it keeps separating (I helped install this with someone who has installed alot of flooring previously but never the vinyl plank type, so maybe we d...