![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/117299/small_1621417673-avatar-gorlash.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
This topic is the one that I am *most* uncomfortable about, among all the things involved in renting a house - The up-front fees for submitting an application.
Okay, we want the applicant to to pay us for running th...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/312804/small_1621443525-avatar-aeasterling.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello BP Family. Thanks for your time taken to read my post. I'm looking into jumping into REI here in Florida. I'm currently in Clermont, Fl (just outside of Orlando). I'm currently in healthcare and I own two commer...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/379194/small_1621447802-avatar-ricos.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
50 Life Lessons1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.5. Pay off ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1439548/small_1621512317-avatar-kyler188.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
This property off market and in the Houston, TX area and is technically a 5 plex. Triplex in the front and duplex in the back. They are separate. The NOI is 31,000 with expenses around 15,000. Listed at 215,000 with A...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/166748/small_1621420799-avatar-bpkhaptain.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Would you keep a "Pet Fee" out of the security deposit? In this instance I am holding 1.5 months deposit ($1,725). Otherwise the tenants were perfectly pleasant. So what do you think is fair in this instance? We're...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1336574/small_1621511432-avatar-minuit.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello everyone, my name is Minuit Spence. I’m 29 years young and a father of five. I’m looking to start investing here in the near future. I’m still learning via forums and books that I’ve picked up such as “How to in...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/159497/small_1621420192-avatar-keeponkeepnon.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I currently have seven SFH rental properties. Five of them have small mortgages, 40-60k. The interest rates on each mortgage is pretty similar 4.5-5.25%. They are all 30 year fixed rate mortgages. I also have a 28...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/119150/small_1733878773-avatar-carolinafireman.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Fellow BP Investors,Like many of you, I enjoy learning more about our business and one of the ways I do this is by reading the latest real estate books. With that said, I want to offer a warning on a book that was re...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2482923/small_1656266861-avatar-justisd.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
If you only had $10,000 total to spend, what would be your ideas/steps to build to $100,000?
I have been leasing a commercial building for my business for five years. It's time to renew the lease but the Owner has made overtures that he would consider selling the property to me if I allowed him to owner-fina...