Nathan Gesner
Does your City require Landlords to register rentals?
Denver hopes to require Landlords to obtain a license and register their rentals. They started doing this in 2019 with vacation homes and now want to do it for all rentals. Why? It's under the guise of protecting the ...
Susan Tan
When is house hacking not worth the sacrifice in quality of life?
House hacking is often considered here in this forum as a good beginner's move to getting started with the first rental property. When does house hacking & self-managing a property NO LONGER worth the time & e...
Michael Schaper
New Member Introduction
Good Evening Everyone!My name is Michael and I am new here to BiggerPockets, REI has become a dream of mine. I started working in sales for a solar company in Arizona in April this year and I finally have a size-able ...
Mike Adams
Bathroom door coming off the hinge
Tenant just notified us that the door in the bathroom is coming off the hinge on the second on third hinges. The 1st one apparently is already off. We have in our lease, tenant must maintain all appliances, equipmen...
Amit Kal
I lost my job too! Is my portfolio big enough to take the leap?
Pardon me in advance that this is a bit long-winded, but you can get a "too long; didn't read" summary down at the bottom.
So I've been working 18 years now. All of those years were in fairly well jobs, but it is he...
Paolo Ruggieri
need help for buyer to finance-good credit-bad debt to income
All, I purchased an incredible rented deal one year ago... 75k purchase from motivated seller+ 5k works (basic requests from tenant that was not listened to for 2 years), valued 170k when I financed it 6 months after ...
Travis Paez
My Maryland Tenant wants to pay the rest of his rent
Alright BP, here's a question. I have a tenant that I recently placed in a Baltimore area home on a long term lease. Before the first month is up, he told me that due to an inheritance, he would like to pay the rest o...
Natalie Schanne
Help!!! My spouse doesn't want to house hack and I REALLY do!
What's your advice for convincing your spouse to get interested in House Hacking?I love Scott Trench's Set for Life House Hacking mindset. Since 2009, I've owned a foreclosure-rehab turned house hack (5 BR 3 BA). I li...
Sheila Villacampa
Real Life of a RE investor/wannabe
I selected this forum because I want my story to be a successful one. But I doubt it.. And really today I feel like I want to give up.
In 2003, I came to the US through a work visa. Apart from job, I dreamed of esta...
Vivian D.
Unauthorized tenant - add to lease with increased rent?
Hi everyone,First off, very grateful for everything I can learn from BP and to everyone for the contributions.My question this time. I have just done my first scheduled maintenance visit to my first rental (great tip ...