Rea Cooper
Short term rental in an area going through gentrification
Question: Is a short term rental in an area historically riddle with crime but going through a gentrification/revitalization process a good idea?Context: Hey all! I am looking to get started in real estate via house h...
James Heller
Contact Rates for Deal Sourcing
Has anyone noticed contact rates going way down recently? This time last year, I was getting somewhere around 6-8% fairly regularly. Now, I'm consistently getting 0.5%. This is really affecting lead count!I've heard o...
John Fabros
Baltimore Cash Flow - What's the Catch?
Looking at markets within driving distance of DC for buy and hold cash flow. From the high level data and also the limited research I've done so far, Baltimore seems to have an abundance of affordable high cap rate pr...
Brighten Miller
Newbie from Chattanooga
Howdy,I am Brighten Miller and I recently retired from the Air Force and ended up in Chattanooga to be closer to family here in Tennassee, and North and South Carolina.I currently own four rental properties (purchased...
Andrew Kim
Cash for keys and possible eviction in Atlanta, GA
I own my house, and have two tenants in it. One tenant is a major problem. Late rent and utilities, smokes a lot of marijuana in his room, loud when we're sleeping, and the list goes on. I gave him his 45 days notic...
Luka Milicevic
How often should you communicate with your tenants?
Hello BP community,I am a newer investor. I only own 1 townhome and have my first tenants living there for about 3.5 months. They moved in June 1, 2015. They called me for a repair around middle of June. I went out to...
Mary Jay
Tenant wants to mail check for rent
Hi guys,Can you please help me out?The tenant wants to mail checks for the rent. (Used to pay with Zelle, but apparently she has some limitations through Zelle and can't pay to me that way)I don't trust the mail. Plu...
Justin Anderson
How to(almost) always cancel Airbnb bookings without a penalty
In all the owner groups I'm in, the 'cancel without penalty' option is 'I don't feel comfortable with this guest.' The fewer details you give when you do this, the better. You can do 3 of these cancels a year for fr...
Juan Monge
Buying vacant land with Self Directed IRA
Hi BP community,
I am hoping to get some insight and past experiences from other investors who have used their SDIRAs to purchase raw land in developing areas. My thought is to purchase small residential lots cash in ...
Michael Hassell
Landlord shot and killed, set on fire while collecting rent...
Came across my BP FB page today http://news10.com/2016/06/03/landlord-shot-killed-...So what do you folks do to combat this sort of thing and protect yourself?Being in Florida I have my concealed weapons permit and ca...