Shelly Mainus
Plumber Negligence lead to water damage
My furnace recently died and I hired the local fuel company to install a 10k furnace. The price seemed pretty steep but it died when it was -30 out and I had tenants in the unit. Two weeks after the install I get a ca...
Account Closed
Metro Denver Real Estate Midyear Report
This report was sent out yesterday. Huge thanks to Charles, Lon and everyone on the Your Castle team for creating such detailed reports on the fastest appreciating market in the country! All credit goes to Your Castle...
Robert Mueller-Owens
Managing difficult tenant
I have a challenging situation. I own a duplex and rent out both units. Last night the tenant "A" on one side sent me a video of tenant "B" screaming and yelling at a motorist who was taunting him. This is one of a fe...
Eli M.
Appraiser's Absolute value vs. Price per square foot?
Dear BP family,
From your personal experience (or profound knowledge even better:)- when assessing/appraising the property, the appraisers do it based on :
1) Average Absolute value of similar-size houses in the 0.3...
Byron W.
Can I use check copies & credit card statements for expenses?
I'm living in a tri-plex house hack. Renting out 2 units and living in one. This is currently the only property I own. I've had work done on the building itself (roof repairs) and remodeling work in one of my previous...
Amadeus Hladun
Equivalent of county recorders office in Canada?
Hello everyone, the question is in the subject. I am just trying to find out if there is an equivalent of a county recorders office here in canada? Thanks! :)
Troy Takamoto
Permitting - Thinking about buying unpermitted houses
Hi BP,I'm new to the bigger pockets forums. I found a lender sale with 4 single family homes and 1 duplex. Just did the walk-thru and the homes are about 90% complete. After the walk-thru, I found out that all the ...
Jack B.
Bed bug infestation from previous tenant...
New tenant is complaining about bed bugs and their two daughters being bitten by them "badly". These people just moved in LITERALLY a day ago. I didn't see any signs of any bed bugs and the carpets were steam cleaned ...
Kevin Armstrong
bpo appraisal on mortgage notes
I am having trouble with the note buyer's doing a bpo on the property and it not coming in any where close to the appraisal. Does any one have any advice?
Ryan McNeil
Buying an auction property subject to a PHH first mortgage
I recently "won" a foreclosure auction where the second mortgage was being foreclosed. This was only the 4th time I attended an auction and first time bidding. I had done some due diligence checking land records etc. ...