I have found that craftsmen often have favorite tools, often very specialized tools, that experience and skill have taught them to value. What are yours?A good smartphone is key to me, and I love a big screen, so I'm ...

Good Day All,I am looking for a good property management company in the Crestline, CA area. They all seem to run about 10% for the cost but the span of what is included in the price is wide. With some I can not even g...

Hi BPers,

I am in the process of screening my tenant. I started using SmartMove which provides by BiggerPockets.

I have noticed that it only shows credit report and criminal check. If some...

Just thought I'd post this for any landlords deciding whether to spend the energy advertising an apartment this close to Chrismas.

I have small 1BR units, clean, safe and inexpensive $675 plus utilities, in a...

My tenants phone has been working fine until the first month he took residence. Since then he has been consistently late by a few weeks for the rent.  Now I call it and it goes right to vm. I went to the house to tell...

I have just finished remodeling a SFH rental property in San Jose area. My goal is to rent  it out long term. I have 2 top prospective tenants (the rest are screened out).#1: Section 8 tenant approved for 5 rooms. Mex...

How does everyone handle screenings? I rent out my downstairs walkout apartment and Im obviously more choosy about who I want in my house versus a separate rental miles away. I have specified ‘single, quiet, non smo...

Do you set up rental home showings, one by one? or bunch them all together

I recently bought a townhome in a suburb of Minneapolis - 2Bed/2Bath. The going rate in the marketplace is about $1,600/month for rent. Once I listed this property for rent I received 50+ inquiries. To reduce the volu...

Like most people I know, I read most of my email on my phone throughout the day.I signed up for BP email notifications based on keyword alerts and am now getting a flood of activity sent directly to my email.  (a good...