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Hello BP friends,Im looking at several properties in the Gainesville area but before I make a final decision, I wanted to reach out and see if there are any BP investors in this area who could recommend a specific zip...
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Hi there BP!the following is something I feel needs to be written to kind of get a lot of things on the table. First off, a couple of disclosures: 1) I am NOT a millionaire in real estate. I'm just a hard-working d...
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I want to preface this by saying we've been Airbnb hosts for almost 2 years, and this is the first time we have had a huge problem like this. For the past two nights we have had people staying in our basement which i...
Written by a baltimore city landlord recently....perhaps the funniest thing I've ever read.
Thanks Mary Jo, you raise a wise point. To Chris, Heather and everyone else who was asking about how these turned out, par...
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More horrible news from this sad city. Btw, Seattle City council approved an ordinance making criminal history "off limits" on rental applications. Maybe not a good idea.
https://komonews.com/news/local/ballard-800-...
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I am looking for a reliable and inexpensive service that allows tenants to have rent automatically paid directly from their bank account monthly. Does anyone use a service like that? I've had Intuit recommended but it...
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As I noticed my last post tick over to 2,999 posts since I joined the site, I thought back to reflect on my introduction to Bigger Pockets so many years ago, what it has done for me, and my biggest mistake :) What h...
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I am trying to find info on property management companies in the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge area. Does anyone here use a management company in that area? Could you tell me who you use and why or why not you would recomme...
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I have no idea how, but somehow my tenant moved her toilet half an inch. She either hit it somehow, or pushed it, or super hard plunged it, I'm not sure. But every time she flushed it, the water would rush/leak into t...
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I know this is an old topic, but I would like to revisit it as I'm now listing two rental homes that I own and manage myself. So this question is for landlords who also manage their own property(ies). Do you prefer to...