Reece Bierhalter
Landlord Action with Security Deposits
I am always looking for ways to leverage. As a landlord, the more properties you acquire, the more cash you will have to deal with and store. With every rental comes a sizable security deposit that you will hold ont...
Todd Belanger
How much to build a road?
I'm looking into buying a 9 acre lot and putting up 8 to 10 homes. The city wants me to build a road through it connecting to two other roads. I'm estimating about a mile of new road. It would be like a standard urba...
Todd Powell
Anyone hearing the "therapy animal" workaround for "pets?" I am !
I have owned and operated properties since 2007, and have always had a NO smoking and NO pets policy. As of late, I am getting a lot of requests for needing a "service animal" or "therapy animal". I don't know if this...
Douglas Krofcheck
Central Vacuum in 4-plex?
I've been looking to start investing by house hacking a 4 unit multi-family and I've always wanted to have a filterless central vacuum system (wikipedia). Do you guys think it would turn into a maintenance nightmare ...
Betsy Nolan
leasing to a compounding pharmacy
Is there anyone who has experience leasing to a compounding pharmacy? We were approached with this and I initially thought it would be a great fit, but went home and got chewed out about the toxic chemicals and liabi...
Robert Burns
Smarter Contact SMS Marketing
What's the general opinion of BP members about the viability of Smarter Contact SMS marketing?
Mahesh P.
Change Pet Policy or Wait Longer for Tenants
Hello BP Community,I've a situation that I'd like to get your thoughts and wisdom on.We have a rental townhouse that has a no pet policy. House has been on market for ~7 weeks with only 5 showings. We understood from ...
Michael Ciesielski
Allowing Pets in Rentals
What are people's thoughts of allowing tenants to have pets in their rentals? Also, I live in a city where it's more common to see someone with a pit bull than not; what are your thoughts of "aggressive" breeds?
Nicholas Armstrong
Letting go of a long term tenant after purchasing duplex.
Hello all,I have posted about this topic before, but never got into the specifics of it.I have purchased a duplex with one unit being occupied by a long term (5 year) tenant. The issue is that the long term tenant nev...
Roy N.
Reminder of why we have a "No Pet" policy.
I have alluded in other threads on BP the past few weeks that we are saying Good Bye to long term tenants we inherited with a property bought two years ago. We served them with a month ago with a notice of terminati...