Roger S.
I guess it happens, but I don't have to like it
Had a vacant rental that we put online, a great applicant paid the deposit, prorated rent and was excited about moving in. Then, about 30 minutes later she called and said that her current landlord had changed their ...
Shon Butani
How do I analyze a Real Estate market?
Hi how's it going?Simple question with an extremely complicated answer, I can imagine. For example, I'm from Long Island, I'd like to invest in my first property somewhere in a 50 mile radius of my home. I have a budg...
Stephen Bagnani
Best Place in USA to Househack (Quality of Life AND Price)
This pretty much says it all, my friend has been turned on to the idea of househack but want to actually move to a nicer part of the USA. Considering they only have like 10k for a downpayment, where is the best mix of...
Zoltan Kalu
Find property owner of an abandoned building
Hi everyone, I don’t know I’m on the right place but I hope, I will find answer for my question.I found an abandoned apartment building in New York. Windows are boarded up, chains on the entry door, etc. I tried to fi...
Allison Pignatello
Northern NJ Newbie Seeking Advice
Hi Everyone, my name is Allie and i'm 23 years old and i'm looking to get into the rental property business. I currently work for a consulting firm and I am a licensed health and life insurance producer so I am pretty...
John D.
Mold is the Excuse to Break Lease
A young single man I took on as a tenant 8 months ago contacted me a couple of days ago to report mold in a bathroom on a wall. He says it looks like the mold has always been there and it was just painted over before ...
Scott Trench
Should Early Retirees Take Advantage of Gov't Benefits?
So I've got a controversial topic to throw out to the BP community. On many recent posts I've seen online, I see members of the Financial Independence Community (no BiggerPockets members that I've seen thus far) talk ...
Eric Hathway
Ethical dilemma- super dirty unit, but the guy is disabled.Evict?
I recently acquired a building and there is one unit which is disgusting, smelly, and dirty. There have been multiple complaints of the smell by the other tenants. The smell equals that of underwear that has been worn...
Mike Mazzucco
Emotional Support Pets After Move-In
Hi Guys,Brand new landlord here and was hoping the BP family could help.I had some tenants move in and signed a lease indicating no pets and making no meantion of any emotional support animal.One month after move in, ...
Karen Margrave
OPINIONS .. PLEASE!
On the houses we are building in both San Clemente, and in Capistrano Beach, in looking at cooktops I'm torn between Induction cooktop and Gas. What would YOU choose? Also, for those of you that are men, PLEASE ask yo...