Emanuel Blando
Local Governments Restricting STRs
On 5/3/2023 the City of Kansas City, MO announced that Short-Term Rentals will be completely banned in ALL residential zoning! I had not taken it seriously until I read a couple of articles outlining their plans. Mo...
Jenessa NeSmith
Starting an Airbnb and STR management company
So I have been an Airbnb host for about a year and a half with my primary residence (in-law suite in the basement as well as private rooms) and just got our second property up on the Airbnb market. My wife and I do a...
Will F.
Next area to gentrify in Los Angeles? Silverlake, Echopark, Highland Park etc What's Next?
(I'm kind of copying @joederobertis' other post asking for predictions about beachcities poised to boom.)Since so many neighborhoods in LA have been gentrifying recently into "cool yuppy/hipster" areas. Heck even San...
Dick Green
Iran Threat Real or Not?
So we found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and decided to go to plan "B" which was to reconstruct their government. Now we have a possible real threat in Iran. Is it real or is someone crying wolf again? Ca...
Ray Hurteau
Help needed with COMPLEX deal involving 3+ parties (lease option & private money)
Hello BP Forum... My partner and I have a potential deal and it's not straightforward... we've never done a lease option, but we're not about to let a little complexity discourage us from this deal.
What will discour...
Mike Nelson
Possible to get Hard Money with no money down??
Ok so i'm ready to get my first rehab underway, I've done enough research and it's about time that I pull the trigger. The only thing that holds me back is "MONEY". I don't want to use my own and the only way to go ab...
Matt Mainini
How to overcome emotionally difficult tenants?
I knew this would happen eventually, but I still don't know how to overcome it mentally. My goal is to grow my business (currently 3 rental properties) and work on systems and whatnot, yet I'm deeply troubled by one ...
Emily McCabe
Inherited Tenant Problems at my first property- need advice!
Hi, I just bought my first rental property 2 weeks ago (I'm in Maryland), and I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with my inherited tenants- any advice would be greatly appreciated!The property is a 3-unit building. 2 of...
Account Closed
Landlords, do you REALLY get "calls about clogged toilets at 3AM"
I know probably some of you actually have. What's a typical year like in the landlord-tenant relationship, though? Do you expect two or three issues per tenant a year or two or three a month? A week?Thanks for any rep...
Jered Sturm
$1,000,000 net worth at 25 years old.
My goal in writing this forum is to motivate other young people to work hard, take action, and take risk. To show them that you don't have to be exceptionally smart, or have tons of money.For a long time I didn't like...