Ryan Pearson
Seller won't hand over property vacant, Red Flags?
I just went under contract on a row home property in Philadelphia. It's a 3 bedroom 1 bath SFH with current tenants paying on a month to month lease. Seller is requesting cash offers only and 30 days or sooner on cl...
Jordan Hanksion
Can I estimate with a "Zestimate"?
Hey BPZillow seems like it could be a very useful tool for searching for real estate and gleaning a blind estimate for locations value and rental income.My question is, just how accurate are these "Zestimates"? Especi...
Owen Schwaegerle
Breaking the Section 8 Stigma
If you’re a landlord you’ve been trained to be leery of Section 8 housing. There is a negative stigma associated with the program and people who receive vouchers in the program. We recently had a panel at the SLO Real...
Scott Stallings
Pet policy
hey guys, my name is scott from lancaster PA. I'm a new guy, my first property isn't even ready to advertise yet but I'm trying to nail down what I want my policy to be, right now pet policy. I'd like to allow pets, b...
Sharetha H.
Flipping a house that we don't own...how would this work?
Hi Everyone...
Working with a partner on our first flip. We don't own the house (a friend does), but we are putting all the money into the renovation (the friend is carrying the mortgage on the property). My partner a...
Thomas Azoury
Convert garage w tenants
Hi all. Long time BP fan, first time poster. I own a SFH in Santa Barbara County (it's in an unincorporated area between SB and Goleta.)Ive had wonderful tenants since buying the property in late 2017 and have raised ...
Allen Masry
what happens to 500k
Hi, this is a little strange. I am just planning. It appears I may get 500,000 settlement in a few months. However, I was trying to think what is a good way to go with it. For example, if I do S/P top stocks, I cou...
Amer Swid
Advice plz about inspection report "knob and tube"
Hello,
So, the inspection report came back with multiple hazardous flags that needs to be addressed , but the most one that it is expensive (25k cost) is the" knob and tube issues "of the electrical stuff. Its old ho...
Bridget Smith-Osbourne
Help Evicting a Military Family
Hello BP Family, Has anyone had to evict a military family? After two months of tenancy, I've decided to evict my tenants, a military family for non payment of rent & unfit living conditions. During a site visit o...
Greg R.
Tenant lied about dog (ESA), then brought to house on first day
Hello,I am in CA, so any California advice would be helpful. Long story short... We have tenants that signed a lease and moved in yesterday. They hid their dog when we first handed over the keys, but I had to go back ...