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Lori Beth Hasenauer House Hacking-How to find good roommates?
11 January 2021 | 3 replies

Hey y'all! I'm looking to purchase my first investment property and will be putting in an offer on a great house within the week. It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom in a growing area within 20 minutes from 3 major towns/cit...

Tavis Stice Setting house rules when you have roommates
28 June 2023 | 5 replies

Needing a little guidance.  I partnered with my son to purchase a house hack for my son while he attends college.  We found a good house with 5 bedrooms about 10 minutes away from his university. Financially, it’s wor...

Samantha Miller Screening tenant-roommates for first house hack
25 October 2020 | 21 replies

Hey Bigger Pockets Community!

I am working towards settlement on my first home purchase! Settlement is set for early November. My plan with the purchase (a 4 bed single family in Philadelphia) is to rent out 3 of the...

Michael Dallas House hacking and roommate brought dog over
21 August 2023 | 3 replies

So I am house hacking my first house and I have 4 other roommates. They asked me before I wrote up a lease if he could bring a dog. And I said yes but he would have to pay a small fee. But he said never mind he isn’t ...

Amy Maxwell Probate is over. Roommate won't leave . Eviction
13 March 2019 | 2 replies

Father passed away a year ago and had roommates with no lease agreement. Judge did a short probate and house is now in my name. Utilities at the property are still in deceased father's name. I made the mistake of exce...

Mark Hu Separate leases for roommates a good idea?
22 March 2012 | 2 replies

Normally I have all roommates sign a joint lease making them all jointly and severally responsible for the rent. But I recently heard many universities give individual roommates individual leases. Is this a good idea,...

Anthony McDougle Legal Considerations for Roommates vs. Normal Tenants
7 December 2013 | 7 replies

First of all -- I apologize if this is in the wrong section.

I recently purchased a house, hoping to rent out the rooms for a while, to kill two birds with one stone -- start on the path to being a RE investo...

Jeff D. House with room mates and tax deductions
16 November 2015 | 2 replies

Hi All, I finally bit the bullet and bought a house which will serve as my primary residence. Instead of a fixer, I ended up with something done which I hope to hold onto for 5-7 years while property values in Austin ...

Nate Hananger Roommate Question: 1 moving out, 1 staying
8 November 2016 | 5 replies

Property is in California.Tenant A was living in the 2bed/2bath apartment first. Tenant B was added to the lease under the condition that if either tenant wanted to be removed, they would first be required to find a r...

Bienes Raices Roommate wants to break lease in rental
14 October 2011 | 20 replies

My rental has three people (husband, wife, & their friend). The friend called me today and says he can't get along with them anymore and he wants to move out at the end of this month (they moved in in May on a one...