Ann Howell
Arbor Trace Property Management
Does anyone here have a house managed by Arbor Trace in Birmingham? Or have you bought a house from Birmingham Income Properties? Their property management business seems to be falling apart due to conflict between ...
Justin Youngblood
Should I be hesitant about this applicant?
BP,I'm currently screening tenants on my first investment property using TurboTenant. Everything has run smooth and I've had a ton of interest but of course after sending our minimum qualification standards only a cou...
Account Closed
What was your job before you went full-time?
Real estate agent? Accountant? Grocery store manager? Pizza delivery guy?Just out of curiosity, what was your job before you decided (or were able) to live off your investments? Doesn't matter how high/low paying or u...
Patrick Menefee
First investment property - fourplex (and appraisal nightmare)
Investment info:
Small multi-family (fourplex) buy & hold in Gastonia, NC (35 min outside of Charlotte, NC)
Purchase price: $160,000Cash invested: Estimated at $15,000
This is my first investment property, a 10...
Henry Clark
Self Storage- Gates, locks and chains
Just ordered our entrance gate yesterday. Will give you a run down on gate systems we use. We are in a blizzard so hey, got time. Over all our road ways are 25 foot wide. Use a 20 foot (drivable space) gate, the actua...
Artur A.
Getting too many maintenance requests from Tenant
Hello BP friends. Getting too many requests related to plumbing.Do you have any recommendation for that? I was thinking about updating contract to make tenants pay for expenses (plumbing issues)Last month expenses wer...
Daniel Ryu
Do friends follow through with investment money for new investors? What have your experiences been?
I was messaging with Bill Gulley the other day about financing and the topic of friends coming through with promised financing came up. He thought it might be an interesting thread to post, so here goes:What experienc...
Yuliany W.
Stop Cable TV vs Raising Rents
Hi BP,
I'm considering to stop cable tv subscription on my 14 unit rental. It costs about $500 per month. The previous owner set this up and I'm wondering if this is a common practice for multifamily rental....
Sol Dubnov
Do not deal with this bank
Why would a company that has "no appetite" for investment drag potential customers through application and appraisal expenses while not intending to invest? Here is a story of a community bank in California (I'll post...
Willie Banks
MAKING CONTACT WITH A POTENTIAL PRIVATE MONEY LENDER
Should I come up with a outlined Business Plan and explain to my Private Lender how I plan to use there Money or can anyone give Insight to a better approach???