Denzel Faulken
Do you need a pickup truck for a first rental property
Hello everyone,So me and my wife have 2 older cars both paid off. We were thinking about getting a rental property but also was thinking to upgrade to a pick up truck. We were doing some pricing in about the 30-35 ran...
Scott Trench
NEW Short-Term and Vacation Rental Forum!
By popular demand, BiggerPockets has just launched the new Short-Term and Vacation Rental Forum!Now, as a member of a college fraternity, and and having played with many traveling rugby clubs over the years, I've been...
Olivia Blake
New Landlord - Tenant Refusing Payment Method
I’m a first-time landlord (just signed my first fully-occupied LTR in Jan 2025) and have already run into my first potential tenant issue. I have two long-term tenants in the duplex—one for 5 years and the other for 7...
Ricardo P.
Tenant just hit me with a Jury Trial request for eviction. HELP!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, I need some feedback. I need some knowledge. I would like to know what’s next? Has anyone else dealt with issues like these before? Property is a 3plex. Non rent control area. Se...
Boris Mordkovich
How Much Does It Truly Cost to Furnish a New Airbnb
After furnishing quite a few properties for short-term rentals, we generally have a pretty good sense of how much to budget for furnishing whenever we’re putting together a budget for new properties. Being able to bud...
Michael Moikeha
Contractor Pay Schedule
Last year I had a contractor walk in the middle of a job with a few extra thousand dollars we had paid them, and it cost more than that to get another contractor in there to complete it.I have a $150,000 project right...
Shawn Moser
Should I pay for a one-on-one mentor?
Hey fellow BPers, I'm new to BP and to real estate. I had a discussion today with a mentor from the Doug Hopkins real estate program and they have a mentorship program where for one year I will have weekly calls with ...
Bienes Raices
Lead paint and rewiring (rental built before 1978)
I've been to see an REO that's been sitting on the market (built in 1970). It's in reasonably decent shape but it does have aluminum wiring, which I would need to have replaced for insurance (and safety) reasons if I ...
Will Wu
Central A/C or Window A/C for low income rentals.
Hello, I have multiples rental 2/1 apartments Florida rented for low income tenants ($650). Most of them have central A/C but I found out that these are really pain in the neck and very expensive maintenance. The tena...
Alejandro Patino
Cost of rewiring 950 sf home
Hello, I am currently in the prices of closing on a fixer upper in the St.Louis,MO area.The home is approximately 2 story 950 sf and currently has knob and tube wiring throughout.I spoke to a electrician who said he ...