Nick Atwood
Neighbor Asking for Easement
I've got a neighbor selling his single family house, and he uses my driveway (multifamily units) to go up and park his cars on his property since his original driveway off the Main Street he tore out and built a deck....
Daniel Warren
100k down payment on park?
my supervisor is owner of a mobile home park. I hit him up for some eyesores that he would let go cheap to get fixed up and turn into lot rent for him. He ended up offering me the park if I was interested. He bough...
Anthony Fanucci
First Time House Hacker - Northern Virginia Close to DC
Hi there! I am new to the BP community and wanted to dive in. My family and I are relocating to northern VA this summer. I'll be working in DC. We were going to rent since the housing market is a bit intimidating, but...
Yannes Chiang
Ways to increase rent (multifamily, rent control)
Hi everyone. We just purchased a value add 6-unit in North Hollywood (CA). It is a rent control property. Currently the rents are way below the market rent and the existing tenants don't want to leave at all. We have ...
Paula Samuel
AirBnB a Pandora's box of nightmares
Back in 2008 when the real estate market took a dive, many of my clients were upside down and risked losing their properties. I began to offer them an alternative means to keeping their properties viable, short term ...
John Chace
Tenants are underpaying. What to do while in a pandemic?
Hi everyone,
In the midst of everything going on I was finally able to purchase my first house which happens to be a three family apartment. I’m going to try to keep it short but also while giving you the full scenar...
Anthony Sherman
Massachusetts Landlord - COVID-19 Letter to Tenants
Hi all,I recently sent a letter to our tenants based on advice from this forum. I spent a few hours curating a list of resources for tenants to leverage in times of financial distress with a focus on the current COVID...
Alexandria Arnold
Appraised Value vs. Market Value (Virginia Beach)
Hello! I have a question on appraised value vs market value. There is a duplex listed for 299k in Va Beach but the appraised value stated 230k. I am not sure why there is 70k in gap. This would be a private sale - no ...
Zach Plackemeier
Arguments against STR Ban
Hey All - we have a few STRs in a suburb of the St. Louis, Mo area. They are doing well. The local city municipality is considering banning STRs in residential areas and making it only in option in commercial zoned...
Josh Stack
How do you assess the "Path of Progress" for a city?
Evening BP!I hear the 'Path of Progress" discussed on the podcast regularly and often. It's usually vaguely defined or even just alluded to without much in the way of specifics but I take it to mean the geographical ...