Derek Harville
Grandmother wants to leave/give me trailer! Help!
Hi all, My grandfather has passed away and my grandmother is left with handling finances for the first time in years. She's on a fixed monthly income and cannot afford home repairs. I have already spent around $4k in ...
Joel Florek
Tenant Found Dead In Unit... I Would Appreciate Some Advice.
Hello BP, This is a tough subject and I am looking for some help from my peers on BP about how to best handle the situation. I just had my manager call and let me know one of my tenants passed. Supposedly the son had ...
Carter J.
401k liquidation considerations
Hi all :) I'm considering liquidating my 401k to buy rental properties. I currently have 4 and they're cash flowing quite well.I've been reviewing a few discussions here on BP that discuss the benefits and disadvantag...
Ellie Perlman
Fighting COVID-19’s Impact on Multifamily Properties
I’d like to share with you what we’re doing with our properties to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on our properties, with the hope that you can use some of these ideas and strategies on your own properties. If you have ad...
Shiloh Lundahl
Why you shouldn’t jump into real estate hoping to avoid a job
On a lot of new investor posts, I read that they want to replace their full time income with passive income from real estate investing. Which all in all is not a bad thing but I think their time frames to do this is n...
Sam Leon
Tenant accommodation during invasive repairs
So I have a rather tricky situation that I need to resolve at a rental condo. I own one of the units out of a total of eight in the building.There is a copper drain pipe leak inside the common wall between my unit an...
Ada Tor
Are STR's worth it for a high-income earner?
I am considering venturing into the STR market chasing higher returns (gotta be honest!) after liquidating my long term rentals. My first "trial" STR would be my primary residence on days when I'm not home, which is a...
Phil Walters
New here! Are mobile homes/ manufactured homes good idea?
Are mobile homes and manufactured homes a good idea to buy and rent out to others? They seem like a fairly cheap way to start? Or am i wronWhere is a good starting point ?what potential dangers i may run into while ...
Tom Henderson
If you didn't own in your current market... Where else would you consider?
The answer for me is pretty simple... Omaha, Nebraska, or Fargo, North Dakota. Omaha, Nebraska- very solid, long-term businesses-- transportation, Agriculture, financial services - Creighton University, University of ...
Arnie Guida
Electrical Ghosts
Our 4 family is haunted.
Every time we change tenants and that unit sits vacant for any amount of time, the bathroom, kitchen and bedrooms lose electricity, only the living room has power. It's 60 amp service with sc...