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Mark Updegraff Share your WORST tenant requests?
19 September 2018 | 79 replies

Relative newbie to Landlording 101 (just over 2 years)

What is the WORST (stupid, funny, challenged etc) request a tenant has made to you? It can be written or verbal

I'll go first, I expect you more experienced la...

Daniel Lehman Pay off car loan or buy first rental?
9 June 2016 | 68 replies

So I have a car loan with about 4 years left. The interest rate is at 24%. I have been building my credit up and I'm around 700 now but when I tried for a refi i was denied. Should I pay off my car loan first before I...

John Burtle Making offers on houses but the real estate agent isn't happy
3 January 2019 | 226 replies

Do you guys ever make offers on properties and the real estate agent tells you you're being ridiculous with your offer and that he isn't up for telling the home owner your offer because its too low? Here's a quick run...

Alan Zee What is going on with this market?
5 May 2019 | 132 replies

I am not sure what to make of this real estate market in 2019. The prices are out of control for lousy multi families. These properties don’t cash flow unless you buy with 50% deposit. With 30% down, you’re just break...

Karin Crompton Can bank require list of rehab items plus receipts?
30 May 2014 | 58 replies

Hey all - I am livid today! Maybe you can either calm me down, or tell me I am rightfully enraged.

We have an FHA buyer for a rehab, and among the hoops we've jumped through so far are the requests from an in...

Colleen F. 1100 electric heat bill for tenants what besides use could be wrong and what can we do ?
17 March 2015 | 83 replies

Just got a call from a tenant parent and the January electric heat bill was $1100.  In past years the highest it went was $800.   The heat is all electric baseboard with one room with under floor heating on slab and o...

Nathaniel Symonds I want to invest out of state. Any ideas?
26 September 2019 | 52 replies

I live in Colorado but not enough capital to invest in my area. Any thoughts on where I can get started. I work 2 weeks on 2 weeks off i make good money, have great credit and I have time to travel. Any ideas as to w...

Shiloh Lundahl At what point in time does a college education not make sense?
3 November 2019 | 60 replies

There is an economic term called diminishing marginal rate of return. Meaning for every one more unit sold the benefit becomes less and less. With the rise in college tuition costs and the strong emergence of availabi...

John Ringgold What's the typical lease missing that you've added to yours?
1 March 2021 | 91 replies

What is one thing you've added to your lease that may not be in the standard lease that has prevented a problem you had from happening again?  Not looking for the specific wording unless you'd like to share, but the "...

Chris Clothier Are Appraisers Hurting Real Estate Values?
25 March 2013 | 59 replies

I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...