Diana Johnson
On the fence about the background check results
I got the results back from a tenant background check. She is 28. Credit is perfect, but she's got four criminal results. 2 are from 6 years ago (marijuana/traffic), 1 is four years ago for $1,000 of property destr...
Chris Dawson
How to Find a REAL Investor Friendly Real Estate Agent
Finding an Investor Friendly Real Estate AgentAre you looking for the elusive creature they call the “Investor Friendly Agent”? Have you searched Zillow and Realtor.com only to find imitations? Is the realtor your b...
Zoie Holley
What do you think stops people from starting?
So I’m 20 in college and going into my final two semesters of college and I’m reading my first real estate book and I wanted to do the housing hacking route in West Virginia (that’s where I go to school and what’s the...
Andy Chen
Time to find a new PM
Dear BP, I inherited a PM when I bought my turnkey rental last year. Since the beginning, there was not any conversation or update initiated by the PM and I always had to track him down after I noticed an issue. M...
Jonathan Newsome
"Investors" walking property, what's your take on it?
Here’s my question, are there investors out there that actually buy property without having seen them physically themselves; buying without stepping foot in and walking the floors?
The reason I ask is because when ...
Corey Demuth
Responding to tenant "emergencies"
I have a question for the seasoned landlords...How do you handle it if a tenant calls you about an issue that they feel is an emergency (which may or may not be an actual emergency) and you are not able to go over the...
Matt Liu
Stress from property management causing nightmares
I started managing my own properties (with a handyman's help) because the management companies I first hired were terrible. Plus I could use the extra money. The problem is now I sleep poorly. I often wake up with ...
Cameron Lewis
Columbus OH - House Flip #1 - What the heck did I sign up for?
My opening statement is: I have finally walked the plank, closed a HUD foreclosure a on December 9th, and have been wading deep into this project. Ive talked about doing something like this for awhile now, but lacked...
Rachel Pivonka
Tampons causing drain blockage
I need some advice. Do I foot the bill? Do I bill tenant for the cost or half the cost? Here is what happened...I send out a 24/7 plumber on from a large reputable company on Friday after tenant calls. I reminded my t...
Justin Green
Creative Financing
Question for the BP forum? What do you do when you are tapped out of liquid cast to jump on a deal? This is for general knowledge and also evaluating my situation question. Say you have a seller that wants out complet...