Huy Phan
Prospective Renter with 10 collections on Smartmove report
I've received 3 applications from 3 individuals who want to rent my rental house. I got the reports from SmartMove for all 3. 2 of them looked good except one with many collections listed and Smartmove recommendatio...
Gil Ferro
Does BRRRR count as a "simple" strategy?
First Post, Hi BP community, My name is Gil and I am new to real estate investing (old to life though).I just found BP at the end of Oct. after I reached out to some friends about REI and they both independently sent ...
Rebecca Miller
LLC to start, then Series LLC
I'm just starting out with real estate investing in Illinois, and have been looking into the advantages of the Series LLC. At this point, I don't have any rental properties, but I am getting close to being at the poin...
Kelly Payne
Criteria for Absentee Owners List
I've been talking with my county assessor's office about getting a list of absentee owners.
Their price is $80 for out-of-state owners (it'd be double that to include in-state absentee owners), but they'll filter any...
Satha Palani
How do you consider multiple applicants
Hi,I put my house on market Thursday and got a ton of interests. I have been doing my research on BP for sometime now and have been following some best practices.I am asking all prospects to fill out a pre-screen surv...
Garrett Kula
New Real Estate Investor in Chicagoland Ready to Learn
Hello Everybody,My name is Garrett and I'm currently living in a northern Chicago neighborhood. I've read a couple of Brandon Turner's books now and have been getting really into the mindset to start this journey.A co...
Haley Fairbanks
Oxford Housing
Does anyone know anything about buying a rental property to use as an Oxford House. It is a clean and sober living community (Oxford House, Inc)?
Oleg Brown
50% rule. Should we use this on small multi family properties?
I’m trying to put together my first buy and hold deal somewhere between a single-family residence and a four Plex most likely. I’m using the 50% rule for every property I come across and none of the numbers seem to be...
Jason Porto
Reserve Fund Contributions
I've been house hacking my place (I rent out a 3-bed 2-bath residence and live in a small in-law unit in the back) for just about 3 years and have been setting aside money each month for my reserve fund. I'm getting t...
Account Closed
Doing this one thing as a landlord saved me so much time!
As a landlord or property owner with a vacant rental have you ever got so excited that a prospective applicant calls or emails about your rental property that you seem to forget everything else? Yes! I am going to st...