Jon Burkhart
First Time Home Buyer - How / When To Pick A Realtor?
Hello, All! My wife and I are looking to buy our first home in the next 3-6 months and have a couple of quesitons on HOW and WHEN to pick a realtor.1) The HOW? Obviously lots of friends and family have a guy (or gir...
Brian Palme
I'm BRAND new and ready to go
Good evening BiggerPockets - I hope this post finds you doing well.I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself to all of you. My name is Brian Palmé. I am a full time high school science teacher and a part time rea...
Cathy Wells
CPA worth his salt?
Hi y'all. I've got a question for you. Our CPA (whom we chose because he is also an investor) neglected to inform us about changes in tax deductions that are the result of Obamacare. So...instead of getting money b...
Seth Williams
Let's hear about the craziest, dumbest, most bizarre tenants you've ever worked with...
I'm looking for some entertaining short stories from the Landlords and Property Managers here on BP.Have you ever had to notify your tenants about something that you thought for sure was common knowledge?Have you ever...
James Mccarthy
lease break Emergency
Hey all this is my first post, I am new to this site and may not understand all the rules just yet but please humor me as I am in a situation. I am in a 2 bed rental with 2 adults and a 7 year old boy in Colorado (3 t...
Shiwei Qu
Tenants are running a non-profit organization
Current tenants rent our property (detached town home, 4b2b) for one year and want to extend leasing agreement recently. I connected my previous neighbors on how the tenants are behaving in the past year, and heard th...
Maria G.
Profile of the best candidate, is there one?
Since I am new to this, I wonder what others have found over the years to be the best candidate. In my thinking, it is what I had for the past two years, a couple with no kids, but perhaps there are other profiles tha...
Ryle Lowe
Newbie from Stillwater, Oklahoma
Hello All!My name is Ryle Lowe and my wife and I just moved to Stillwater, OK in Jan of this year. The gentleman we bought our home from does quite a bit of REI and it has peaked my interest. I currently work rotating...
Kate Elson
Tenant complaint noisy children
My first floor tenant is complaining about excessive noise from the second floor tenants children. Second floor has 3 young boys from 18 months to 6 years old. 2nd floor claims its normal noise and all kids are in bed...
Tiffany B.
How do I hide I am the owner?
Hi all!I'm new to the forum. I'm a 24 year old from Massachusetts. I work as an analyst at an IT company and am thinking about buying my first three family home. The one i am currently looking at has two 2 bedroom uni...