Russell Brazil
Oregon Considering State Wide Rent Control
Oregon is considering a bill with state wide rent control. As landlords, this is obvious an issue incredibly important to our industry.Rent control creates ghettos. Rent control drives up the cost of housing. Rent co...
Eddie Ziv
HUD reduce section 8 rent!! 110% FMR to 90%
I received a letter today from the Housing Authority that as part of the "Section 8 cost-saving measures" The rent payment will be reduced from 110% FMR (Fair Market Rent) to 90% of that. Does anyone else received thi...
Penny Alexander
unwilling to repair
I am renting a farm house and its old. It has 2 - 15 light exterior doors on it. The wind come in all around the doors, which have weather stripping around them and thru each of the 15 pains of glass. The doors nee...
Barbara S.
Tenant leaves front door open
I don't know what to do. I have a tenant that keeps the front door to my 3 family investment property open all the time. Every time I go there, the door is unlocked or not pushed shut. I confront him all the time on t...
Carlo Santarelli
Screening Tenants
Hi there,
I'm am brand new to the BiggerPockets site and love all the information here! Thank you so much! I have a few questions regarding tenant screenings...
1) Does anyone have suggestions on screening for "good...
Bob Drew
Tenants asking for a lot of items to be fixed
I am a newbie landlord with my first tenants who moved in last week.Today I get an email asking for a list of items to be fixed (from ceiling fan to water heater to hinges on the door). They are asking if they can get...
Tyler Smiarowski
Approach to investing in lower income areas
Just wanted to get opinions on how people approach investing in low income areas. I've heard people who have done very well investing in these areas and others who tell you say don't even consider it. My current pr...
Account Closed
Tenant excuses, how far do you go to find the truth?
I have had tenants tell me all manner of stories to explain why they were late with the rent. Sometimes, my empathetic side comes forward and gives them a free pass. I know that I must surely have been hoodwinked befo...
Tim Pommett
Robyn Thompson - "Queen of Rehab"
I attended my first DFW REI Club meeting last night, and definitely plan on going back. There were roughly 70-80 people there to see Robyn Thompson - aka the "Queen of Rehab" - teach part of her curriculum, and it onl...
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Investor Competion - Old Days vs Now...
OK, a question to everyone that's been doing this for ages (>5 to 10 yrs).
Do you find now that there has been a great influx of newbies (like me) that have somewhat diminished the pool of great deals out there? H...