Eric Samuels
Basement dehumidifier maintenance
Hi everyone,I’m currently house hacking a property in Philly and the basement gets very humid during the summer. I currently have a dehumidifier down there but I’m planning on moving out of Philly soon. What’s the bes...
Shawn Jacobs
Negotiating with the bank when buying a foreclosure
Hi Everyone, Being new to BP, I thought I would dive in and get involved! One of my previous jobs, before I traded in my dark cubicle and handful of sick days, was as a supervisor of an REO Department, for a large Ban...
Arthur Banks
Do you have a key to your tenant's storage room?
I'm currently updating keyed door knobs throughout my unit and I wondered, on the basement storage area should I put a keyed knob or a standard knob and allow the tenant to use a padlock. I'm believing just as I have...
Brian Aragonez
St. Petersburg Real Estate
Can anybody give input on how the market is doing in the Tampa/St. Petersburg area?
Roohil Hamid
$3000 Water Bill in Akron, Section 8 Tenant
I recently heard from my tenant about consistently high water bills—over $1,000 each month. After checking the online portal, I see the current balance is over $3,100, and the water was shut off two days ago. The tena...
Isaiah Cortez
Exploring the Ft. Lauderdale STR Market
Hello, BiggerPockets community!
I’m currently exploring the Short-Term Rental (STR) market in Ft. Lauderdale and possibly the Pompano Beach area. I’m particularly drawn to the mix of year-round tourist demand, the b...
Jordan Laney
PM changed the utilities too early and now we're stuck holding the bag
Hello, Happy New Year Who do you think is at fault? Story time. So we had a non-paying tenant whose lease wasn't renewed and refused to leave. We started the eviction process. The PM change the electric utility to the...
John Woodrich
Minneapolis Airbnb - warning letters
Not sure how many of you have seen this, or comply but Minneapolis appears to have an outside firm monitoring compliance for short term rentals: http://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-mails-731-l...
Mitch Messer
Metro-Atlanta Foreclosures Up 50% Year-over-Year!!
https://www.attomdata.com/news/market-trends/u-s-foreclosure-activity-down-24-percent-in-august-2019-14th-consecutive-month-over-month-decline/Ignore their very misleading headline and take a close look at paragraphs ...
Elaina Burkhart
Benefits to managing STR for someone else
Hello, My husband and I started our journey in real estate investing a couple years ago. We have a LTR duplex and a STR lake house. I work part-time as a nurse and mama while my husband works fulltime. Both rentals ar...