Jennifer Streamer
When do I worry about missing tenant?
Hi all, I hope someone has some good suggestions for a possibly missing tenant situation. We have a tenant who moved in just before May 1st. We did lots of due diligence - past landlords, personal references, confi...
Johnny Drago
Property Manager Extending Lease Month to Month without my permission
I had a property manager extend a lease on a unit M-to-M after the lease expired May 31. Unit became available middle of August after they moved out but wasn't ready to be rented out until the end of August. Now it's ...
Ryan Morrissey
Low Cost Eviction Alternatives
Have any landlords out there successfully executed any strategies for removing non-paying tenants aside from eviction?We just tried offering cash for keys for the first time and that worked to get the tenants out quic...
Joe Carr
Can you just buy a $1m apartment building?
So hypothetically if you had the money for a down payment of 25% on a $1m apartment building. Which is $250k. Say it has 15 units, and makes $1k/unit. Could you just straight up invest in an apartment building? And sk...
Manesh Hardeo
Expected Returns
What in your opinion makes for good cash on cash returns? Now I know this can vary depending on the risk of the area, but generally speaking what do you expect?
I see companies advertising 25% cash on cash returns...
Kara Lorenzana
Househacking in LA on single income public school teacher salary?
Hi BP community,First post ever! I've been reading up on the forums and listening to the BP podcasts, and switch from feeling really motivated to doubtful. I am a total rookie and would appreciate any insights into m...
Trent Honea
Cabinet fell on tenant, now want me to pay for doctor - help!
Tenant called last night. Kitchen wall cabinet fell when wife was opening it. I went over there, and two, two-door cabinets were in the floor with a pile of broken stoneware, ceramic mugs, and glasses. Tenant (the ...
Shawn Ward
MY NEW FLIP: I'll be Posting Weekly Updates Here
BP Community,This is Shawn Ward of Belle Hampton Properties in Los Angeles. My partner and I just purchased our next flip in South Los Angeles and decided that instead of posting a success story at the end (which I st...
Richard McCarthy
Looking for general advise on my situation.
Ok, so here is it. First I want to say that I love this web site.. Second "My situation" My wife and I got married about 5 years ago and neither of us were very finitely savvy so after we go married we bought a house...
Sinnard Michael Scott
Would you hack this home? 1st house hack and we want to succeed.
Hi Chicago BP peeps, this is my first post here so I’m still getting my bearings straight haha. Here’s our key question; is this a purchase and rehab you’d do or are we crazy for trying to take this on?Im attempting t...