David P.
Tenant threatens to withhold rent?
Just came across a late night call with one of my tenants. His family has been living there over a year and I would consider them good tenants. They warned me before that the front tenants dogs (pitbulls) are sometime...
Craig Hormes
Section 8 Housing: Great Idea or dangerous in the current market?
I'm operating in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, and I'm considering purchasing property for section 8 rental. I did a forum search, and some of the Section 8 questions were a few years old, so I would refresh it. In o...
Cameron Norfleet
Ethics & Discrimination…. A question of Right vs Right!!
Ok so I was having this debate with a local landlord and I’d like to hear your opinion…. You charge $25 for your application fee. You show the house to a nice couple and they want to apply but they don’t speak, read o...
Farakh Zaman
Should I give up on buy and hold?
So we've spent the last 7 months looking at deals daily. We have run the calculator on this site to the point I don't even need to think to put in the numbers...but literally nothing has panned out. 5 cities, 600+ p...
Diane G.
For those of you dont believe downturn is here
For those of you don't believe that we ALREADY turned the corner, here is ONE OF several listing that I ran into that are listed below that 2015/2016 purchase price...In San Francisco....A location....Removed by moder...
Adriana Arnold
Ongoing eviction from hell in California
Hello All,
I am brand new to BiggerPockets and find it to be a great place comprised of helpful advice and expertise. I am a landlord of a single family home in California that has run my property as a charity rathe...
Matt Powell
BRRRR Strategy - I don't get it.. what am I missing?
Listening to @Brandon Turner's webinar on BRRRR, and his first example looks like this:Buy house for $70,000Rehab: $30,000Closing costs: $2,500Total cost: $102,500Appraised after rehab for $141,000Refinance: 80% ($112...
David P.
Got into contract and realtor and lender are now upset
Long story short. I got into contract for a duplex 80k off list price with the listing agent who had me pre-approved with her preferred lender. She has a long working history with this lender and at this point I'm sen...
Dwight Cook
Doubling rents without loosing tenants?
Hey everyone!I'm currently in the process of purchasing my first property. This is a fully occupied 4 unit property in good condition. Each unit is a 2 bed 1 bath around 1,000 SQFT each. The current tenants are paying...
Amy Zemser
Using your home equity to purchase rental units
Hi BP friends, I'm a landlord in upstate NY looking for some advice about generating revenues to purchase another buy and hold. For the past few months, I've been reading a great deal about wholesaling (I even starte...