Inspired by this thread here: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/223/topics/152...I was just pondering what I personally spend a month on food..I looked at all my credit card purchases for food/snacks/drinks (only th...

Looking for some insight from the BP community. What specific credit score, if any, do you require when screening tenants?  And are you no longer using a specific credit score in light of concerns with Fair Housing, ...

Hi,
I'm relatively new to the landlording business. Bought my 1st two units about 18 months ago and inherited tenants that are actually pretty good.

This is my first time screening tenants to fill a vacancy (3 br/...

In the thread about the TV show Property Wars, it was brought up about things found in and on foreclosed property.

1. In a recent one there was the last occupant's ashes. I called the relative to come get the ashes...

I am a bit curious if there are any paper investors out there who would buy a note that is secured by a property roughly at 50-60% of the note's value (ex: note for $100k, property value at $50k). The note would ...

Hi,When evaluating a deal out of state, how/where  should I be factoring in travel expenses  (if at all) into the deal analysis?Thanks!Alison

Would you rent to a 35 year old attorney with 370,000 in total debt? (including  270,000 in student loans whose payments were supposed to start in June.) Person makes about 6000 month with a state job. Rent is 1600 a ...

Good Evening BP members,I am a new investor in Texas just getting my feet wet and am currently working on my very first deal acquiring a property via subject to. The sellers have already moved out and are going throug...

An elderly couple with a profoundly disabled adult son and adult daughter )care-giver) are being harassed by the next door tenant. They've owned the home for nearly 20 years and don't have trouble with any other ne...

Well, I picked up this tip in the podcast. I was driving around about an hour outside of Omaha, NE and saw a very nice 4Plex with a for rent sign in one window.  I thought, what the heck and called... I introduced mys...