Jorge Vazquez
3 Ways of Dealing with a Condemned Property
You will see this sometimes: a bright orange-colored notice stuck on the front door of a rundown home. It’s usually a notice of condemnation issued by the local county/city. It means that the county will demolish the ...
Scot Jalbert
Collecting Rent
Has anyone had any experience with collecting the rent before the month it is due. A contractor told me his tenancy at will agreement says rent is due on the 23rd of the month prior to the month it is due that way if...
Brian Detlefsen
Smoking Tenant Caused a Fire
Today, I got a call from one of my tenants saying that he smells smoke in his apartment and he called the fire department. When I got there, the fire department located and extinguished the fire. It was at the base of...
Desmend Jetton
Real-Estate Tech: Help with Landlord/Tenant Screening
Happy Holidays BP Family,I'm working on my final graduation project at Illinois Tech focused on Web API/App development and I need you all's help. Problem: From podcasts, articles, and forums, it seems the biggest lia...
Karen Sanderson
gray wood paneling
Hello group, just bought a property for a rental unit. End row home, LOTS of nicotine, old carpet, old everything.... the unit has lots of gray paneling (covered in nicotine)... thought about cleaning then painting sa...
Adam Schneider
Option and Offer forms for Mobile Homes
Mobile Home Questions for the BP community:I'm putting a mobile home under an Option contract and looking to assign it. Can anyone send me a form or two to use? If I'm seller financing my assignment fee, do I use the ...
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Using Subject To, to Get "Free" Properties This Is Where The Deals Are
I often buy using Subject To to buy properties. If you choose to use this technique these are some of the Pitfalls to watch out for. You can build a very strong portfolio, if you take proper precautions.
Subject To P...
Christopher Schmidt
3 Years This Month
I think this a good time to reflect as 3 years ago this month (August 2011), I purchased my first rental. It was an out of state duplex, in a not so nice section of Rochester NY.At the time, the rental was 1 of 4 pro...
Jason Gass
Financing Personal + Rental Properties with Large Down Payments
I am moving my family across the country to the Portland, ME area. After the sale of a business and our current house in WA state, we will have about $200k to put down on a personal residence in Maine. Once back in Ma...
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Expat Investing from Abroad
Hello All,I am a US expat living abroad (and plan on staying abroad) and I am fairly new to BiggerPockets. I only recently became involved with real estate after taking a fascinating course on personal finance. I have...