Jon S.
Tenant breaking lease
A tenant owes partial rent and late fees from prior month. Rent is due Oct 10th, last night she informed me she is breaking the lease and asked if she could ride out the month of Oct, promising to be out by Nov 1, and...
Joseph Lucas Jr
Landlord Tales and cautions
Happy Friday BP Nation!I am still very new to the world of real estate investing but I think I’m going to go down the path of buying, holding and renting. Now I talk with my fiance about this and she immediately bring...
Emmanuel N Okafor
Extra eyes needed on a 46 unit apartment deal I am analyzing
Hello,I am trying to buy my first apartment complex. I currently own 11 single family rental properties. I did an interest-only cash out refinance last month and pulled out $914,000 that I want to use to buy an apartm...
Stephen Masek
Why 2, 3, 4 plexes instead of SFRs?
I've noticed that some people like and want 2, 3 and 4 plexes, but never understood why. What do you think? I understand that there is just one roof and one exterior, but also that SFRs are much easier to sell, a...
Philip Bennett
Illegal immigrants as tenants
I have an applicant for a property in Anchorage, Alaska that is wanting to sign a lease for a family member that is an illegal immigrant. The individual wanting to sign the lease is unable to provide a completed appli...
Erica France
Holiday gift ideas for tenants
For those of you who practice holiday gift-giving to tenants, what ideas do you have for a gift? To start:Gift card to a neighborhood restaurant or coffee shopA book (about what?)Gift card to an airline (e.g. my tenan...
Jeffrey Bailey
What to do with 80 year old tenant paying 1/2 market rate
I am looking to purchase a duplex as our first rental property. One of the units is currently rented by an 80 year old woman that has lived there almost 40 years. She's currently paying less than half the market rate...
Ryan Evans
Advice on Duplexes in Cleveland, Ohio
Hello all!I'm looking into some duplexes in Cleveland as my first ever property. I've been living around the world for a while, but I'm from Seattle so I'm not familiar with the market beyond the research I've been do...
Chris Thomas
House hacking one Oh one
My name is Chris Thomas I’m brand new here to BPP and I am not the traditional adult. My mom passed away and left me with a large chunk of change most of which is in mutual funds the other half is in a retirement fund...
Charles A.
Why I sold Cleveland.
What's going on BP!It's been a minute.I wrote previous member blog articles about transitioning from duplexes and four-plexes into apartment building investing. We did that in 2 markets simultaneously:Jacksonville FL ...