I had a showing today, and for some reason I got a weird vibe from the prospective tenant. Nothing in his application or during the showing made me think he was a bad applicant. No red flags. But he was a little quiet...
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If you’ve followed our podcast, blog, and social media for a while now you’ll know we always preach the #1 thing to vet for when investing as a passive investor is the operator, but, I don’t want to use this post to...
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We are working through buying a house from Auction.com. This is the first time we won a bid with them. Anyone else get a property from them? Any surprises at closing? Also using a private lender for the first time o...
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Hello BP Community!I just wanted to get the community's thoughts on this idea. I am an aspiring investor. My wife and I are looking to make our first purchase. As we were doing some property-hunting yesterday, we came...
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I've gotten some good suggestions on here for the lawn. I was originally going to leave it alone, but it's gotten really bad. There is so much clover and broad-leaf weeds in the backyard now that you can't see the und...
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I have noticed there have been new development plans released to the public for the MLK bridge/Clarksville HWY bridge. And the development that has been stretching over from the east nashville(nearI-65) off of dickers...
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Hello BP Fam,I was having a discussion with a coworker that's is currently looking to purchase 1st home. I made the recommendation to buy the worst house in a good area, live in it and fix up. I made that recommendati...
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Just wanted to share one of the good things about being a landlord. We met with some new tenants this evening to get some money, give keys, and go over a few things. They were extremely excited that they were finally ...
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Okay, it's time for my first question. My wife's family has a long time tenant, finishing the third of their 5 year leases. The tenant has asked for a 6 month extension in order to stay in place until the new constr...