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Tenant signed a lease with me to start on 09/01. As soon as it was signed, 08/12, the tenant went silent. I've tried reaching out several times by phone, text, email with no response. First just as a simple welcome an...
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Ok here's my theory and could use some advise from the locals. I am looking to do some buy and hold real estate investing and want to make a "play on global warming"...my research shows that the southwest through Cal...
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Good Afternoon, I have a quick question about the law requirements or type of responsibility we have as a landlord. A tenant of ours wanted their stairs replaced, because the riser had fallen off. Even though it...
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I have a non paying tenant in Oakland, Ca. She was vetted and placed by a property manager in the area in January and then I decided to self manage after that until it got too confusing (in May). She let me know in A...
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Hey BP Community,
Excited to be here! I’m a first time investor and eager to just connect and hear about how you got started.
Background: full time remote employee in the advertising industry. Working for DraftKings...
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I was born and raised in CA. It's so heartbreaking to see what is happening to it. A recent poll says that 46% of the people plan on leaving the bay area. Let's do our own poll (FOR CALIFORNIANS or those that recentl...
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Hi Everyone! I’m new to RE investing and hope to get some advice from local experts here on the best way to do house hacking or rental investment in Pasadena.
Why Pasadena, you ask?
My current job is in DTLA, so t...
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Illinois is enacting a statewide minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2025. Have any experienced landlords had this happen in their state or city and what have been the effect on rents? Drastic increases or gradual incr...