Hello all, I spent the last hour or so typing up my screening criteria for anyone that will applying to be a prospective tenant for my rentals.  I have great inherited tenants now (knock on wood), but I would like to ...

Hello All. Input please.  After 15 of years of using a Realtor to fill my properties, I feel I want to move forward without the persons help any longer.  Main reason why is sloppy work, poor communication and flippant...

This was originally done by another member named James. After having to start down this road i figured it needed a little more information so I added the actual form numbers and a little more info to include the websi...

I would like to start a discussion over the pros and cons of investing in MO vs IL.  I am considering both.  Topics to discuss could be asset protection, landlord/tenant law, market stability, honestly anything.

I bought an old house “as is” with nasty dog peed on wood floors. Has anyone had any luck salvaging old wood floors that are stained with dog pee and smell like dogs? I’m just trying to do a cheap rehab and want to re...

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

Wouldn't it be sweet to sell the naming rights to your apartment for a pile of money?I'm going to try to pull off this stunt in 2015. Stay tuned.Does anyone know of a building owner who has sold their naming rights? I...

Hello Bigger Pockets,I am here to learn as much as I can about real estate investing. I've been married to my high school sweetheart 30 years (as of next month) and we've raised 4 children, but never had any luck with...

I've seen a number of posts on BR about houses that have bad aromas from trash, dead animals, etc., but I haven't found the best advice yet on getting rid of cat smells.  Here's the situation:3 BR 1 bath SFR in wester...

Hi everyone,My name is Tom and I am from Brooklyn, NY. I am a transplant since I was born and raised in Germany and moved to NYC in 2008. It's been great and I love it here. I work as an Account Executive for a large ...