Cody F.
Tons of people asking to see an apartment, how to handle this?
We have an apartment available, but there's about 1 in 10 applicants that ask to see it before applying. I don't want to drive all the way there just to show the apartment to someone who I'd never rent to anyway. Ho...
Stephan Hawkins
Financing Ideas Needed? Thanks in advance!
Hello All,I currently own 13 real estate properties in the Northeast Ohio area and I'm looking to obtain a loan to assist with further expansion. I'm finding it difficult to find loans geared towards rental property i...
Christine Swaidan
Retaliatory Actions and Evictions
Not really asking for advice here but did want to share a recent situation. Newer tenant who signed a non-smoking agreement when he moved in was smoking pot. Another tenant complained of the smell. I gave newer tenant...
Deidra Hubenak
SF Buy & Hold investor from Katy, TX
H Everyone,
I have been listening to the Bigger Pockets podcasts for awhile now (they are awesome), and I decided it was finally time to join the forums. My husband and I are SF Buy & Hold investors from...
Rose Stuart
I screwed up
Hi everyone. I screwed up. And it is really hurting my pride and bank account. We bought a solid property. A second duplex in our neighborhood. It's a solid B neighborhood near different kinds of employers. It's centr...
Linda Robinson
Tenant has a dog when I have no pet policy
I have a no pet policy. I used a realtor to screen tenants. We agreed on a section 8 tenant. After submitting the paperwork and having an inspection the tenant was approved. She moved in and after 2wks my husband saw ...
Bienes Raices
Is it okay to use my personal cell phone for LLC business?
This might sound like a strange question, but I plan to use my personal cell phone to take applicant phone calls for the LLC (which I currently do for properties that I own in my name). The bill is in my own name, of ...
Levi T.
Why you need an LLC on your properties.
I've been in this business for years and years, hundreds of units and untold thousands of tenants later, someone finally filed a lawsuit against us for their deposit not being returned.The story is the tenant was inhe...
Account Closed
Service dog question
First of all, I'm in CA. My lease states no pets and over night guest must be approved and short term. I had a tenant request that her friend stay the night, usually, no problem. Her friend requires a service dog...I ...
Pete Woelfel
Finding (GOOD) Tenants
Hi Everyone,I'm interested in what kinds of things people are doing to find new tenants. We have a unit that will be turning over soon and have been struggling to find a new tenant. We have listings with good pictur...