Sam Alpha
How would YOU tackle this foreclosure deal?
Hello,I will try and keep this as short, but detailed as possible. My experience with RE is at best limited to the BP podcasts and a little reading material, as I have only decided a few months back, that I would like...
Josh Thomas
Fire Time Landlord: Would You Rent to These Tenants?
Hello All,I just received applications for our first tenants ever. They have passed all of our screens (criminal, credit, etc) and in general, I feel good about it. But there are some quirks:• It is 4 people total. A ...
Shiloh Lundahl
MILLIONAIRE Mindset Vs. None-MILLIONAIRE Mindset
On the BiggerPockets website everyone has an equal voice. An equal opportunity to read and post as anyone else (as long as the poster follows the BP posting guidelines of course - which is understandable).I have learn...
Tracy D.
Cash for keys- rewarding bad behavior
I am really only writing this because more and more frequently I have seen this come up. And it practically grinds a nail in my nerves to reward tenants for bad behavior by offering them cash to leave. It undermines l...
James Kirby
Application Fee Credit and Criminal Background checks
Hello Everyone, I am new to investment properties and I am currently in the process of closing on my first multi-unit property. I have been doing a lot of research on everything over the past several months and h...
Martin S.
2% rule is bull
I cant find a single property that I would be able to buy in a half decent neighborhood utilizing the 2% rule. I looked in almost all of florida. Maybe a trailer park home, but then again, the land rental fee or whate...
Henry M.
Examples of Mortgage and Real Estate Fraud Investigations - Fiscal Year 2013
The following examples of mortgage and real estate fraud investigations are written from public record documents on file in the court records in the judicial district in which the cases were prosecuted.
Defen...
Kundan Chand
renter complaining about cleanliness
Hi
I am 1st time landlord and chose to manage my home personally. We had signed a lease agreement with our renter which included deep cleaning of the home before they moved in. However the cleaner I hired did not do...
Katherine T.
Help.. Struggling to rent first investment property
Hello BP, I bought my first property in Pelham, Alabama September 2015. I am still holdiing it and now I am getting quiet discouraged and almost doubtful of investing via rentals. The property is marketed in Craigl...
Morgan Madill
Crash? Crash?! CRASH!
With the employment hitting record highs the stock market going through the roof, the fed pumping billions. There seems to be an impending crash or serious market correction on the horizon. What goes up must come down...