Dylan Katz
Potential tenants seeing vacant unit unattended?
Hi BP community, I just finished listening to Mike Butler's "Landlording on Autopilot" audiobook, and I found his chapter on showing vacant units very interesting. For those that haven't read or listened, he recommend...
Anthony Wick
PayPal is free, unless your tenant can’t follow instructions
I know there’s a ton of posts and questions about how people collect rents. I’ve been using PayPal for quite a while. It’s free to landlords and tenants, and I get my money within 24 hours (the first time rent payment...
Lindsay Repp
Tenant cloud and cozy.co
Hello everyone! I am shopping for an online rent company. Does anyone have any experience with cozy.co and tenant cloud? I would love a comparison of the two. Any and all opinions welcome!
Adam Craig
Critique my tenant screening process.
After 6 years of hiring a property manager I am in the process of bringing my 26 single family rentals into "in house" management which is going to be me until I hire someone to work part time. I am using Tenantcloud ...
Nathan Gesner
What to do when Tenant is arrested?
I'm curious how others would handle this situation.Two renters with multiple children were arrested for abusing a child. The child died a few days later and they are both facing murder charges and will never come back...
Account Closed
The "lost my wallet and somone overdrafted my acct" excuse
Hey BP folks, looking for a situation opinion here. First time this has happened to me.I solely utilize buildium's e-pay service for rent collection and for the fisrt time had an "echeck" reversed for NSF. The tenant ...
Wade G.
Make sure you have a very large reserve fund for landlording?
Well its been a rough year as a landlord for me so far. Even worse than the year Hurricane Ike caused its damage. To date since January first of this year I have spent an average of $1475 a month for repairs and vac...
Jonathan Greene
The Top 5 Ways I See New Investors Lose Money On Their First Flip or BRRRR
Flipping or renovating as part of the BRRRR strategy is much harder than people think. There are so many posts every day about being stuck mid-renovation, out of money, or at a standstill because of decisions made tha...
Jason Barnett
Faxes over the internet?
Surely someone else has done this...
I don't have / want an actual fax machine... I want everything to be in an electronic format. Ideally I would be able to send Word files, or PDF files, and faxes that get sent to...
Tony Severino
Rehab Diary
There is a reason why I am not a rehabber…..
April 1 (Fools Day) My Banker was very friendly. Said he wished I would get a contractor because I didn’t know what I was doing. Best rate I could get was 6 points ab...