Bruce Kozak
water bills due to leaky toilet flappers
Fellow Investors: After six (6) years of renting out properties, I still haven't yet figured out the best way to mitigate those tenants who fail to keep an eye out for the occasional leaky toilet flapper for which som...
Michelle Brockway
Good tenant turned annoying....mentally trying not to be bothered.
Good Evening All-I have been scoping Bigger Pockets out for a little over a year (stumbled upon it while searching about real estate) and have been a little self-conscious about asking questions. No one wants to soun...
Linda Thomas
Tenant refuses to wear mask but insists on us coming for repairs
Hi,I wanted to know what everyone's thoughts are on this situation. I have a tenant that is insisting on some repairs. I scheduled a date/time to come inspect and go from there. I kindly asked her to please make sure ...
Norm M.
Making it work - owner occupied multifamily residence in high cost area
Hi everyone,
I only discovered biggerpockets yesterday and I've already learned so much! Wanted to bounce some ideas off of the pros here...
I'm a soon to be high income earner (stable, high demand job) who is look...
Becca F.
Tenants clogging up sink/toilets and being a nice landlord
I have had 2 different tenants in different properties clog up the plumbing. SFH#1 that I self manage locally claimed that the garbage disposal wasn’t working. The plumber checked and said it was. This was a renovated...
Matthew DeMichele
Best market for a househack?
Hey everyone!
I'm finally in a great position to get that first property under my belt. I have access to around 20k for a down payment. I work remotely, so I can move literally anywhere in the US where there's a grea...
Luke Carl
What To Do when a tenant sends Nasty Texts?
She refuses to give me her email to get on tenant cloud.
I call and she won’t answer.
Has been sending me page after page of nasty texts including “FU” since yesterday morning (easter weekend). 5 more pages of...
Lucas Mills
How did the 2007 housing bubble affect investors of buy and hold?
First, I'm confused as to what exactly caused the housing bubble of 2007. It sounds like people were unable to pay their mortgages, thus resulting in foreclosure, but why were they suddenly unable to pay in the first ...
Carrie Giordano
Diary of an Out of State SFH Rental -Northeast Ohio
I love reading the Deal Diaries on BP so I thought I would write my own. Hopefully, it will help others learn from my experience and avoid the mistakes I make (I'm sure there will be plenty!)This will be my third rent...
Diana Tran
For those who invest remotely and scaled their business, how do you do it?
I was wondering what is everyone's set up.We have the basic things set up such as having a LLC, realtor, and a broker. We went under contract twice but we haven't bought anything yet. Plan is to start with a multifami...