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Garrett Hawk Landlording in Class C Neighborhoods
22 February 2019 | 40 replies

I am starting to invest in Class C neighborhoods for the first time. (Previously stayed in Class B and above)What are some recommendations for screening tenants and rent collection?(Bigger deposit? Background Checks?)...

Michael Guzik MYTH BUSTERS....Is being cheap really expensive?
18 December 2017 | 29 replies

Hey guys I have been listening to a lot of podcasts and many of them talk about frugality and saving money or being cheap. I was always raised to believe that being cheap is expensive, sure you may save money right no...

Pamela Gordon Rental Showings - Do you prefer 1:1 or open house tours?
27 February 2023 | 54 replies

Just starting showing my rental property about 1.5 weeks ago, by appointment only.  It seems like a nice gesture to have private tours for the potential tenants that show up, but it also takes a lot of time.  So what ...

Matt Snow I just sold a property using BitBay’s blockchain smart-contracts
24 April 2019 | 44 replies

I just sold a 5-acre lot in San Bernardino County, CA, to a buyer in Norway, using cryptocurrency and BitBay's trustless smart contracts. The last year and a half has been spent putting together a land business (based...

Burke B. Reasonable Property Management Fee Structure?
26 November 2022 | 29 replies

I have a question for any members that have a good amount of experience with property managers. I apologize for the length of the post.

I currently own a property in another state and have a property manager who man...

Russell Brazil All Of My Tenants Have Nicer Cars Than Me
4 May 2016 | 134 replies

I was picking up the rent from one of my tenants tonight, and it occurred to me when they pulled up....every single one of my tenants has a considerably nicer car than me. Also almost all of my tenants (Except the one...

Craig Hormes Section 8 Housing: Great Idea or dangerous in the current market?
24 April 2020 | 80 replies

I'm operating in the Tampa Bay area of Florida, and I'm considering purchasing property for section 8 rental. I did a forum search, and some of the Section 8 questions were a few years old, so I would refresh it. In o...

Nina Erlandson Has anyone used Obie Insurance?
28 January 2025 | 56 replies

Hello fellow investors, I am currently using Farmers and Foremost Insurance. However I ran a few quotes on Obie Insurance (geared specifically towards landlords) and for only the 4 houses I checked, I am saving 1,5k a...

Cody Evans Real Estate Agents Will Be Obsolete Within 10 years?
11 April 2021 | 103 replies

I read a post recently on Bigger Pockets talking about agents being irrelevant because of technology by the year 2025. There were very conflicting opinions and I am hoping to see specific examples of technology that w...

David S. Tells us your best tricks to make a home tenant proof?
12 August 2022 | 51 replies

Let’s face it… Renters -usually- rent because they don’t have it together. They are hard on rentals, with lousy pets, smoking, violence, lack of cleanliness, out of control kids, you name it. I’m learning this the har...