Alyssa Lebetsamer
Tenant has a super messy front porch - can I MAKE her clean it?
Hi y'all! So my husband and I are going back and forth on this... one of our tenants uses her front porch area as storage. It is a MESS and is very unsightly. My husband wants to write her an official letter demanding...
Adam Rothweiler
Practicing Analysis on 4-Family Foreclosure, Beast or Bust?
Hi BP community,I'm struggling to understand why this deal screams so loudly at me. Hesitancy has gotten the better of me and I'm surely missing something in my analysis here (<-- hyperlink to report). It's a for...
Alvin Ng
Structuring real estate for cost and protection in California
Hi BP,Although I’ve only started in real estate investing, I’ve been reading books on tax and legal protections. In protecting my investments, I’ve learned the importance of the first and second defense, home owner’s ...
Rachel Zhang
Is mysmartmove.com a tool for landlord....the answer is NO
I have been using the https://biggerpockets.mysmartmove.com for several years. and I found that even the smartmove.com claims that benefit is that tenants can get get their credit reports generated without giving ...
Lissa Harre
Advice on living in basement and renting main areas
I own a 5 bedroom 3&1/2 bath house with a finished basement. I’m hoping to live in the basement and rent out the top 2 floors. How should I split utilities, HOA, ect?Can I limit the rental to not include the backy...
Alex Craig
Enforcing Tenants to Pay Maintenance
I am interested in hearing from property managers & landlords nationwide, but really interested to hear from Memphis managers and landlords. Do you successful enforce tenants to pay maintenance under $150? For t...
Account Closed
Best Entity for California Residents
I'm trying to figure out the best entity for CA resident/investors that want to invest both in and out of state. I know a California LLC is required to pay 800.00 a year annual tax. I am already doing that with one LL...
Steve Fitzgerald
Lease Review- Anything to add?
Here's a lease I'm working on for a property I now in CT. Anything you would add?Steve---------IN THIS LEASE the words "we", "us" and "our" mean the Landlord, ________________________.The words "you" and "yours" mean ...
Rahul Handa
Paid off property RISK
Hey guys, i just want to know if its too risky to ever pay off your mortage. I’ve been lots of research on this topic because all i want to do is own 5 paid off rentals and retire early. That is my goal but i have rea...
Lingo Lin
Do you put your rental properties into Anonymous LLC?
I have my personal home under my name and am considering putting it under an LLC, I did research which took me further into considering putting my own home as well as any rental properties I own in an Anonymous LLC. T...