Nathan Kurzmann
CARES ACT to invest in real estate from 401k?
Thinking about utilizing the CARES ACT to pull 100k from my current 401k to purchase my first real estate investment property. There’s no 10% penalty right now and the tax pay back is three years. This has never happe...
Luke Carl
Do I Care Where My First Apartment Building Is?
Hey BP! Luke the short-term rental guy here. 2021 I will be the proud owner of my first apartment building. My questions right now... 1. Do I care where it is? Almost all of the real estate I own is not in the state I...
Christopher Spear
Do renters care if someone died where they live?
Hey BP! I am looking at a BRRRR opportunity for a C class house in a C class neighborhood. It should meet the 70% Rule and the 1% Rule. However I learned that the previous owner committed suicide in the house. Does an...
Raquel David
Security Deposits and how they work during CARES Act
Hi BP! I am a first-time homeowner and landlord in San Diego. We bought our first duplex in December and inherited a tenant that had their income severely impacted by COVID-19 and couldn't pay us rent for her last 2 m...
Chelsea Slattery
Deducting from Security Deposit: Yard Care Landlord vs Tenant
I am a tenant in CA. My lease states that I am responsible for the yard maintenance, but my landlord pays for a gardener. We are required to let them have weekly access to the property (which we do) The first three ye...
Art Coburn
CARES act requires you reveal if you have mortgage?!
I got this email recently. Where is the legal directive for collecting this info? What happens if I don’t supply it?As our office is moving forward to ensure both current laws and new regulations are met we need to up...
Justen Ashcraft
Marketing a lawn care & landscaping service on BP
Does anyone know of the proper way to market or advertise a lawn care and landscaping company here on BP? I was doing some searching and couldn't find a sub-forum or any information short of becoming a sponsor, and t...
Jeremy Kleier
What to budget for snow removal and Lawn care
I am running some numbers for a couple small multi-family properties in Southern Wisconsin. Does anyone have any advice on what to budget per month (or annual) for Snow removal and lawn care?
Carl Fordyce
catorgorizing matainace and repair (lawn care & snow removal)
while i was doing my numbers for a property i included maintenance and repair at around 5% should i categorize lawn care and snow removal under the category of maintenance and repair or something else? if no what wou...
Derrick White
Adding Lawn Care to Rent but Doing it Yourself
So I'm slowly adding properties. I currently have three. In all my leases, it states that the tenant is responsible for lawn care. My question is, does anyone have a lawn care business and adds that cost into their re...