Kristin Boekhoff
Practical Questions for Small Multifamily
I am about to purchase my first small multifamily (5-unit) property and plan on initially managing it myself. I have some practical questions:1) How often do you clean the common areas?2) How often do you do pest cont...
Nathan Rouwhorst
Most Creative Funding Strategy You've Used in 2017
Hi All, I'm curious to know what was the most creative strategy you used in 2017 to fund an investment and what you had to do to make it happen?
Matt S.
Rental Property Management Groups in Oakland?
Hi Everyone, I'm in the process of closing on a 4-plex in Oakland, CA and will be inheriting a couple of long term tenants. Only one of the tenants is on a current lease and two of the tenants are long term inhabi...
Edwin Bethune
Private money lender question
Good morning BP
I’m working on getting funding from a private lender. I was told this when I brought a few properties to the table. Is this normal practice? Sounds like they want my down payment and for me to sit b...
Zulf H.
Need referal for pesticide company in Chicago dealing w/ bed bugs
Hi BP members;One of the buildings I had purchased, had an issue with bed bugs once that tenant left. I used a pesticide company and they treated the apartment and also went to the other apartments in the bldgand veri...
Kevin Yeats
One of two places for ....
In another thread in a different forum here on BP, the original poster had a dilemma of being three years behind in rent/utility payments.
A lot of the responses were irked (to put it mildly) at his gall at wanting ...
Edward P.
CA Rent Control Clause in Lease Agreement
Hi,I am purchasing a rent controlled property in Los Angeles. I wanted to know if there is a way to get rid of one tenant. Is there anything I can write in a new lease to have them leave after one year of anything..Th...
Joshua Michael Hauman
Why We Love Motivation but Struggle with Discipline
Motivation is a tricky subject. One moment it ignites a fire within us, filling us with enthusiasm and drive to accomplish our most ambitious goals. The next moment it vanishes without a trace, leaving us uninspired l...
Denise Holder
I want this condemned/chapter 13 house
Hello,
Here it is. There's a house at the end of my street that is condemned, the owners were hoarders and have filed for chapter 13. I want this house. Not only to take control and eliminate the eyesore but to rai...
Freeman Schultz
Vacant apartment questions
In New York City a common practice among some landlords is what referred to as "warehousing" where they take vacant apartments off the market because it is less profitable to rent them out.Another reason why apartment...