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What’s the best site/app/service to use for your rental applicants to submit to when applying for your rental? Looking for something the prospective tenant can use easily to log in, pay the fee, and the report gets se...
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Backstory
Hi my name is Steven Natera. I'm a software engineer. I am from NYC, the land of unaffordable homes. Here is my story on how I landed my first property.
In 2015, I decided I would switch careers to become ...
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Hello BiggerPockets!I am looking at a deal right now where there is a long-term tenant in place who is an older lady. I am assuming ( although I could be wrong) she does not have the technological abilities to be able...
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Newbie closing on my first property, how do I keep my rental income separate from my personal accounts if I don’t have an LLC and therefore can’t open a business account? Should I just open a separate checking account...
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Hello, does anyone else have any experience with Preston Eloy's FreedomSoft system?My business partner and I bought into it quickly saw its limitations then just as quickly canceled our service within two weeks. So ...
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Hello! I am new here, but not necessary that new in real estate. A few years back my wife and I borrowed money from our equity (HELOC) to purchase another home. We moved into that new home to fix and flip. Now we ...
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Hello Everyone!I am closing on my first rental property (SFR) next week and I plan on self-managing. It is also worth mentioning that I plan to acquire five additional SFR's by year end and to continue to scale up fr...
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I have used cozy for all my rent collections. They have joined with apartments.com and everything is supposed to be transferred over to them. Has anybody used apartments.com for their collection of rent? Are there ...
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Hello BP CommunityI am wondering, what are some good questions to ask to vet a potential property manager?What things are you supposed to look for in a property management relationship? Do you recommend any podcast ep...
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When I was in college, I rented a house with my roommate in upstate New York. My landlord would fly to Florida from the months of November to March to avoid the cold. I would mail him the rent every month. If we ha...