![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/994550/small_1712186138-avatar-bobp55.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello all, why are there so many that go to guru classes, read books, and analyze things to death without every doing a deal ? " I will wait for a downturn and buy lower " I need to build my power team 1st " . So ma...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/191383/small_1621432163-avatar-seanwilliams.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
First and foremost, thank God no one was hurt or killed!Thursday I got the call as a landlord you never want to get: "The house is on fire!"Naturally I had to do a double-take to make sure I heard correctly, as you ne...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/129189/small_1621418242-avatar-dawn_wi.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have a meeting on Saturday morning with some inherited tenants who are deaf. I don't know sign language, so I'm wondering if anyone has any tips on communicating with them in a positive, effective way. It didn't s...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/736693/small_1695175316-avatar-ctoedter.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I own a 4 family currently, and I am working on getting my next deal I must have put in 6 offers which all consist of 50k over asking and waived inspections. I have come runner up on places a few time but ALWAYS LOSE ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/404547/small_1695096662-avatar-nickt13.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I bought a 4 unit complex a few months ago, the previous owner had a strict non-smoking policy that was signed by each tenant. It basically states that smoking constitutes a breach of the lease and grounds for immedi...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/565953/small_1621492728-avatar-jorgej4.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Just bought a new rental but the previous owner smoked a pack a day. The whole place smells like cigarette smoke. Painted the whole place but didn't even change the smell. The carpeting is only about one year old a...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1392102/small_1694663923-avatar-joshd1000.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
So, my tenant quit her job (not lost) and is now unable to pay rent. She has said she will move out by Oct 1st. There are several more months left in her lease. I am ok with letting her move out, but if there are dama...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/69684/small_1621414273-avatar-kirkland.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
If you have an outdoor smoker, will the inside of a property smell?
I could smell the smoke on this person standing 3-4 feet away. On the other side of the room, I couldn't smell them from that far.
Thi...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/94937/small_1621416762-avatar-dreambig2012.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I have this tenant (in GA) whose lease is expiring on Mar 31 of this year, but just got a notice from her that she will be moving out at the end of Feb and asked me to accept security deposit for March rent, whic...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/34193/small_1621366943-avatar-xrustyx.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
This house was finished quite a while ago, and I meant to post a topic on this, but I completely forgot until I started going through some old photo's on the SD card.
Background of the House: 14 years old, original ...