Dennis Tierney
Do you disclose a haunting?
I had a friend ask last evening if she needs to disclose to prospective tenants that their half of a duplex may be haunted. Not having any experience with this I thought I'd ask BP. She bought it as a rehab and in the...
Peace Lily
Help! Burst pipe and tenant DEMAND reimbursement
Hi BP members, We had 2nd floor tenants went on vacation and they turned off their heat for one month, so this Monday the water pipe busted. The water gushed in into the hallway and basement. 30min later, another wat...
Danielle Ratto
Tenant child tested positive for lead poisoning in our property
Hello,My tenant just let us know that her son (11 months) just tested positive for lead poisoning. We also live there and just had a baby 5 months ago and she advised us that we need to get our son tested ASAP (it is ...
Account Closed
What's the point of having mortgage contingencies?
So my buyer was denied his loan after BofA (Bunch of @$$ho13z) screwed up his loan application and delayed the closing for three weeks. After he did everything they asked for and demanded. They even emailed him that t...
Martin Saenz
3 Reasons that most Note Investors fail
3 reasons that most note investor's fail: 1) Fear that leads to half steppin’. I’m not a fan of rap music but I do like this song from Big Daddy Kane which is titled, “Ain’t No Half Steppin’”. What prevents most ...
Tursheca Fowler
Any advice to a Newbie beginning to get discouraged??
Hello All...
I am a Newbie wholesaler here in the Houston area...and I have yet to wholesale my first property. I have been doing this since Feb 2011 and I am really beginning to become discouraged. I have read book a...
Account Closed
is gut rehabbing a good estimate?
so i was reading this http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/21771-gut-rehab-costs and got the definition of a gut rehab
"A major restoration project on an old house or other building, ripping out ...
Joshua Dorkin
What Did You Leave the BiggerPockets Summit With? Your Highlights?
After 3 days of nonstop networking and 2 days of nonstop learning, I'm exhausted. That said, my adrenaline is flowing like crazy! The BiggerPockets Summit was absolutely incredible and unfortunately, we didn't have t...
Molly Morlino
Our First Rentals! (pictures!)
My husband and I dreamed of these for the last 18 months... We pushed, paid things off and saved money... Did much of the work ourselves, and here we are! Landlords! (well, we are taking applications this week) The...
Lisa Thoele
Setting up a tiny house community like a mobile home park?
Just curious to see if anyone has started a tiny house community. I am thinking about developing one and was going to use the mobile home park concept as a model. I've done some preliminary research and looked at wh...