Daniel Fitzroy
Should you avoid becoming friends with your tenants?
What if you owned rental properties and when you went out to take care of a tenants complaint, you had a great chat with them and they invite you to go do something fun with them that you both enjoy like fishing for e...
Dan Perrott
Indianapolis Council Proposal 215 - adding "Source of Income" to the discrimination list
This month the Indianapolis Council is to consider City Council General Ordinance No. 215. This proposal will require/mandate that all Landlords accept Section 8 vouchers and be subject to rules that go along with th...
Rebekah Meyer
After giving tenant a discount, received nasty text
Hello, I’m a new landlord, experienced flipper. On our first rental everything was remodeled. We basically rebuilt the entire house. But first of May the tenant reaches out to me and tells me the AC failed to come on....
Robert Kriedermann
Direct Mail Woes: 16k letters 0 deals
I'm looking for a little advice on my first direct mail campaign. I've sent 16,000 letters and gotten no deals.I sent letters to people with equity who are absentee owners who have owned the house more than 4 years or...
Micki M.
My experience with a turn-key flip company
This post is a summary of my experience doing an out of state flip with a turn-key flip company. I am posting because there is very little information about this organization online and other potential investors shoul...
Account Closed
I am the rich guy you want to be - and I have nobody to talk to
Excuse what is going to be a long rant - for the sake of my sanity I need to get this off my chest. I have another username on Biggerpockets (no, Adam Smith is not my real) which is my real name - but for this post I ...
James Kerson
Tell Me Why My Discount Brokerage Idea Is Bad: Calling All Agents
I’d like to start a new kind of real estate brokerage. It would dually represent buyers and sellers and charge a total commission of no more than 0.6%. Instead of depending on buyer agents to drive prospects from hous...
Greg Gaudet
Enforcing purchase contract - seller canceled breaching contract
Aloha all, I’m buying a rental property, half way through escrow (45 day escrow bc I’m using a mortgage since sellers not in a rush). I found the deal off market, but still suggested the seller pay a realtor 1% to wal...
Jay B.
Chicago tenants refusing to answer messages about rent payments??
So I haven't heard from my tenants in 1 month. I'm a long distance real estate investor and my PM company has called, texted, e-mailed, sent out smoke signals but tenants are still refusing to answer. They initially s...
Brad Gibson
When to Shoot a MTR in the Head & Abandon the Venture
I just converted a 2/1.5 townhome that has been a LTR for the last five years or so in my portfolio.
Renovated the place including kitchen, bathrooms, flooring, paint, & fixtures, cabinets, countertops, etc. Re-...