![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/432136/small_1621476373-avatar-mwstrobel.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hi!My name is Mike Strobel and I am a current senior at Liberty University studying Project Management. I am also a Marine Corps veteran (as you can probably tell from my profile picture). I served on active duty from...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/336014/small_1621445071-avatar-tracied.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
My tenant called, an outside facing wall is damp. I've googled and the best info I can find is that the water source is either from rising water, condensation, or penetration. I have a home improvement guy coming out...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1181943/small_1621509954-avatar-stefana3.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I'm currently in the process of contacting various banks and credit unions to obtain a HELOC to be able to purchase investment properties with all cash offers. Some banks have decent offerings but as I have read here ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1622417/small_1621514244-avatar-nawzad.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
So I have a tenant that had the sewer backup and cause water to spill in multiple areas of the house. So the day it happened I called the insurance and they sent out a company to tear things that got infected out and ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/744368/small_1621496546-avatar-douglasp.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I saw a post before about how the PM "dropped the ball" on a leak in a sink(gonna cost some $ to fix of course) and I cant help but think that situation is going to turn into a typical "he said-she said" between all t...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/1021237/small_1621507649-avatar-davids890.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
My wife and I do a hybrid of flipping and long term rentals on single fam homes. I‘ve come to realize that some homes make better flips and some better rentals based on their floor plan, build, and the age of major it...
So, recently I have found the bigger pockets podcast and they’ve done a really good job if getting me hyped up to do rentals. I got this idea in my head that there’s a way to use a va loan to start getting rentals. Th...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/690624/small_1621495529-avatar-colins13.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
Hello,This spring one of my townhouses got water damage on the east wall and floor. Plummer’s searched for a day and a half finding the leak coming from the adjoining property that I don’t own. $11,000.00 in damages. ...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/163897/small_1621420541-avatar-jcarusotto1.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
I wanted to know people's opinion of anyone that uses TLO as opposed to getting the info from the credit bureau's directly. I hear alot of people talk about getting it directly from the credit bureau but I never heard...
![](https://bpimg.biggerpockets.com/no_overlay/uploads/social_user/user_avatar/2683064/small_1695460946-avatar-martyj25.jpg?twic=v1/output=image&v=2)
This is the first property that we purchased. We have lived here for 3 years. We are moving out and already have a 2-year signed contract for tenants that will be moving in immediately following our move for $1000/mon...