Peter Ricca
Tenant dishonest about pets - what would you do?
Hi BP community,I purchased a SFH in a Columbus, OH suburb. Got 2 tenants to rent the house for slightly above market.Their credit is awful, but their income is solid so I went with it. I allowed one dog in the lease ...
Christopher V.
First time being a landlord, rate my process
Good morning all,I believe I’m finally ready to list my first property today which is a townhouse located in Hoffman Estates, IL (Cook County). I’ll be using Cozy to help me out. I’ve been doing some research using th...
Abad Marroquin
An incident just days before closing
I am in the process of buying an apartment. We are supposed to close in 2 weeks. Today, while I was speaking with a property manager who is a candidate to manage this property, he told me that there was an incident in...
Ken Wheeler
Frozen in pre-approval limbo
Newbie out of state investor here and hopefully my question makes sense (still learning terminology). After you get pre-approved with a lender, how long are you 'stuck' before you can pull the plug and look in another...
Gary Robert Burnham Jr.
Tenant Short on Cash To Move In
In the 12 years being a property manager of my own properties I have meet some great tenants. I have also turned away some potentially great tenants because they simply did not have enough cash to move into my units ...
Malcolm Grundy
First Multi Family Rental Under Contract
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $137,000
Cash invested: $25,000
2 single family units on the same lot, with a detached garage. Smaller bung...
Jayne Rocco
Any criminal charges that can be filed against tenants
Tenants I just evicted completely maliciously destroyed my house from taking kitchen cabinet doors, shower door, lighting fixtures. fridge, broke windows and more but the worst was writing in permenant marker vulgar a...
Jared Whitfield
Financing and my credit?
Hello all,
Hopefully this isnt a dumb question and Im not even sure what the right category for it may be. However I cant seem to locate an answer.
When applying for financing consistently for flips doesnt this din...
Sarah Young
How do I find out where my evicted tenants moved to?
I evicted my tenants last week for non-payment of rent. They were out at 5pm Monday night. My Realtor went by the house yesterday while FaceTiming me, and they trashed the place. Literal garbage everywhere, carpet I r...
William Kulow
How do we feel about fish?
So I currently do not allow pets in my rental, but one of my tenants asked me about a fish and was just curious about how landlords felt about it. I feel like it can be costly on utilities but the tenants are responsi...