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Pulled this beautiful screenshot from the footage of a recent eviction we did in Cleveland. 🤮 Lol this couch from hell compelled me to make a public service announcement for all of those newbies out there on the forum...
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Hi everyone!This is my *personal* home...not a rental. I live in a contemporary-style Cedar home. We have updated it a lot over the years and now I'm beginning on my living room.The living room has a cathedral ceiling...
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BackgroundI have learned a lot from people on the BiggerPockets boards and I wanted to offer some of my experience in the hope that someone else could find some useful information. I started following the real estate ...
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What is everyone's thoughts on this? We are turning to a renter nation, and big companies are still jumping on board in different times.. The market has changed and even with the change, a company like Chase is saying...
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Not sure how many of you all have seen in the news, but New York is going full-on-socialist with expanding "tenant protections" across the entire state.NYC has had rent control for a while, from my understanding. But ...
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How do you evaluate what improvements are profitable for rental units?Assuming everything is repainted & clean, what is a good framework to understand the impact of:-new kitchen countertops -bathroom updates-lands...
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I had a tenant text me this morning telling me that they moved out of the property last month. There was no prior communication of the tenant vacating. The lease was a 5 year lease and each year was guaranteed unles...
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Good afternoon Bigger Pockets forum. This is my first post, and of course I'm looking for advice. My wife, and I are taking the plunge into real estate investing, and I wanted to consult like minded individuals on a c...
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Hi BP Community,I recently read in an article that Cleveland, OH, is one of the few remaining cities with affordable housing. To those who have invested in real estate here, what's your opinion on the Cleveland market...
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Seems like pretty much all the syndications I've seen recently exit within a short number of years - I'm curious why they don't hold long term?