John Warren
Help needed creative offer
HI BP community,My wife and I have an opportunity to view a five unit building in an A area near our home this Saturday. We have been looking for a building to owner occupy as part of our strategy to "house hack" (I k...
Albert Yamoah
I am about to become an accidental landlord in Dallas, TX. What do I do next?
My wife and I are in the process of purchasing our next home for primary residence, but we have not sold our current home. We are looking to rent our old house (located in 75212) but the home has no rental comps in th...
Tony Castronovo
What to look for when touring a multi-family apt complex
Just starting to venture into the multi-family arena. I have solid experience on the SFR front but trying to understand what to expect when I tour my first apartment complex. I understand the financial analysis side...
Spencer J.
Oh God,.... Tenants......
As much as I love being a landlord (this is not sarcasm, I do enjoy it). I have one tenant in a building that is quiet, pays (and pays on time), and passed a background check, and has been living there over 2 years. ...
Amanda B.
New here and first bout with awful tenants
Hi everyone! I am new here and still relatively new to renting my house out, even though I've been doing it for about 7 years now. I'm only on my second set of tenants.My question/situation is:I rent my old house. The...
Laith Ali
can you come up with $400 in an emergency
Hi,I was reading an article a few days ago that said 40% of Americans can't come up with $400 if they had an emergency. I couldn't believe almost half the country is that broke. The median household income is 60k, so ...
Joe W.
Multi-Family in-state vs. Out of State Investing
I live in the Phoenix area and I've been looking for a 2-4 unit property here with the intentions of buying it through FHA and living in it for a year or two and then moving out.I'm running in to a number of problems:...
Scott Passman
Trusting "deals" as out of state investor
As a new investor looking to invest out of state, I'm finding it very difficult to know when a deal is actually a deal. I have spent a lot of time tracking the MLS, Zillow, redfin etc. and reading up on the varying ne...
Adam Craig
Critique my tenant screening process.
After 6 years of hiring a property manager I am in the process of bringing my 26 single family rentals into "in house" management which is going to be me until I hire someone to work part time. I am using Tenantcloud ...
Rami Aweti
Irrational Decision?
Hello everyone,I'm a teacher by trade and small time investor in San Francisco. I've been looking for my next deal in the bay area, and while there have been some that might meet the 1% rule at best, I can't get my mi...