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New 'Kidless' Tenants Forged Lease to get their Kids out of LA Protective Services
Young (20ish) couple presented as working 'wife' making 3x the 2-bedroom rent monthly, and non-working ucla grad student 'husband', recently relocated from midwest, and with no children. Employment checked out so I ac...
Branden Drake
Best way to raise below market rents on newly purchased property?
Hello everyone. I am under contract on a duplex in a good area of Springfield, Ohio. Current rents are well below market @ $460 and $500 a side. The exterior of the property is in excellent shape but the interior does...
Steven C. Suarez
Duped in Dallas by $30k wannabe guru!
Earlier this year my good friend paid $30k to a Dallas real estate guru to finally get started in real estate at the ripe young age of 55. After the course, the gurus convinced him to put his entire retirement into 2 ...
Garrett Vita
Mistakes when starting out
Hi BP Community !
As a new investor/ not as experienced investor , what mistakes did you make early on in your career? And what would you tell a new investor to do to avoid these mistakes?
Thanks !
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Axiom Realty Capital - Pre-Construction investment Company
I'd like to find out what you all think about Axiom realty Capital. I am considering investing in their pre-construction programs. Are they legit?
Jack Tucker
What are your best "Special Stipulations" for leases?
Over the years of landlording and owning property in a college town, I have noticed that my Special Stipulations section in my leases have taken on some strange phrases and warnings to new tenants. It seems that e...
Margie Fuller
Share your 20/20 Hindsight - what would you do differently day 1
What single piece of advice would you give to a newbie to share the hind sight you've no doubt experienced by this point. Knowing what you know now, what would you have done?
Naoko Potts
Clogged kitchen sink
My tenant texted me to let me know that he is experiencing kitchen sink being clogged.I’m not familiar with the pluming work but I would like to give a try. He lives there 6 months and he told Drano didn’t work.Did yo...
Emmanuel Sanchez
Tenant Claiming Damages To Personal Property
Hello BiggerPockets fam, I am wondering how to approach this issue with my tenant. Earlier this month, my tenant uncovered water damage along the baseboards and lower walls of the master bedroom. Immediately, we conta...
Mike Henkel
9 New Units In Last 6 Months! 25 years old 51 Units and counting
I posted an article on BP in March that was an article featured of me in Business Insider that headlined "A 24-year-old college dropout explains how he went from $10,000 in savings to $4 million in real estate". At th...