Gerald K.
How do you handle dirty tenants?
OK, so you've done all your screening, the tenants look good. No bad reviews from previous landlords.Tenant drives up in a nice new clean car and has good appearance. They move in, then comes the first visit 6 mont...
Paul McCormack
Gurus that require profit sharing - Unethical or par for the course?
I recently evaluated a mentor agreement with a nationally recognized expert in SFH investing. Let me state upfront that mentoring and expensive courses are not something that I believe actually work, yet this program ...
Lesley Resnick
Step by Step BRRR 3.0
Greetings fellow BP'ers
Back by popular demand!
I am going to document my next project BRRR 3.0
The house is on the West Side of Jacksonville in 32210. It was in a tree accident. By that I mean a tree fell on t...
Michael Keller
HELP! Tell me why this won't work...
Recently, a friend and fellow real estate investor approached me with an opportunity. He wants to build 3 to 5 1,000 sqft homes in small towns that are within a 30 minute commute to a mid-size city in Texas. Through a...
Dustin Caldwelll
First Right of Refusal
I had to relocate to Chicago from ATL for my job and hired a property MGT company to assist with renting out my home in ATL. We found a tenant who owns his own company, wants to pay in advance with 3 month incremen...
Rob C.
Rodent droppings scattered all over the attic- Dealbreaker?
A house I'm considering purchasing has a pest problem, and there are a lot of rodent droppings in the garage and attic. If I go through with purchasing it, I'm planning to hire a pest control company to get rid of the...
George P.
Tenant calls about a leak in basement. .
People in Michigan hate renting houses without basements. But then at one point or another they all leak. They all have a hairline cracks and you get that call.
What do you do? Do u spend thousands to waterp...
Eric Upchurch
CA Investor - investing out of state
Hey BP,I have a CA LLC (yay, $800/year!). I'm wondering if someone can give me an actual example of "what to do" or "how to do it" as I start buying investment properties out of state. I WON'T take it as legal advice,...
Dannielle Hoffman
ikea kitchens - good or bad idea?
Hi Everyone!So I finally took the plunge & bought a flip-in (a property to flip that I also live in while doing it). I have been doing good and tackled several smaller projects myself (paint, flooring, fixture rep...
Audrius Pauliukonis
First deal (duplex), looks good I think - thoughts?
Just viewed this property today, seems like it could be a good first investment property.The property is currently unoccupied, advertised as 1295/unit, I used 1200 to hedge a little. It is listed for sale at 199k, I ...