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Stephanie Moran Made My First Rookie Mistake
10 November 2019 | 51 replies

Hello All, 
Renovating my first property and I made a rookie mistake, a major one--I found out that my first contractor (who came recommended) is unlicensed in California!!!
I am two weeks into redoing several of th...

Ivan Aldana Dealing with bad contractors
7 July 2024 | 42 replies

Hey everybody! I need your guys help and some insight on this BIG problem I got. I hired this contractor that I found on the bigger pockets website actually and I ended up getting burned by him. He’s been working on a...

Collin Hays Get Out Now
16 March 2024 | 58 replies

I've been thinking about expressing my sentiments for several weeks on this forum.  As a Property Manager and STR investor, it's a hard thing to do.  I still feel like investing in vacation rentals can be an outstandi...

Nicholas Moffett CIGARETTE SMOKE IN A RENTAL ---- LAWSUIT WORTHY ?
5 October 2016 | 85 replies

My name is Nick and right now, I am currently living in a rental home.  Upon moving in, I painted the walls and ceilings noticing discoloration.  The previous tenant smoked in this home, and I am afraid that my health...

Charles Adams LLC vs Personal Ownership?
1 March 2024 | 31 replies

Hi All,I'm looking for my first investment property in Northern KY / Cincinnati. I've been pre-approved, but that was through my personal credit. (DM me if you have any off market deals in the ~<$150k range)If I wa...

Lamont Marable What if a contractor stole $7,000 from you?
5 November 2018 | 33 replies

Hypothetically speaking, let's say that you found a contractor that was cheaper than the rest.  Their communication up to the exchange of the first draw check, perfection.  You performed a simple background check, ask...

Nancy Roth Terrible tragedy for Sec. 8 tenant: how to respond?
19 September 2018 | 24 replies

I learned today that an 18-year-old man who was killed in a shooting in Baltimore on August 25 is the son of a Section 8 tenant of mine. At the time of the shooting none of the news accounts mentioned the victim’s na...

Carl Flint How Do I Avoid This Wholesale Paradox?
26 May 2021 | 34 replies

Hey guysI have yet to do my first deal. I have 6+ months of research and the “learning phase” under my belt. At this point, I know that in my market I want to start with wholesaling.I am going on realtor.com and other...

Carlos Lez tenant in possession of marijuana
28 July 2021 | 17 replies

I do co-living rentals. So different people in different rooms. I was over at the property to show a vacant room to a prospective tenant. He and both could smell the strong unmistakable aroma of weed from a tenant's r...

Lloyd Segal Economic Update (Sept 28 - Oct 3, 2020)
28 September 2020 | 0 replies

Economic Update
(Yom Kippur Edition)
The second quarter of 2020 (April, May & June) was the mother of all economic contractions. Real GDP shrank at a 31.7% annual rate, the largest drop for any quarter since ...