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Robin Grimes Tenant Applicants say the dumbest things
3 May 2023 | 1572 replies

Stupid things Tenant Applicant’s say.

I had renovated a nice 4/3/2 and put it on the market for lease. Here are some of the comments from people who toured the property during the open house or called me from signa...

Robert Wood Being sued over security deposit by tenant who never moved in.
14 May 2019 | 53 replies

Hello Bigger Pockets!My wife and I are looking for a bit of legal advice. We recently moved to the Seattle area from Texas with our 2 month old daughter, leaving behind three rental properties, two long-term and one A...

Mary Jay Help please to pick tenants
11 April 2019 | 27 replies

 Hey guys, could you please help me out? I have a house and I’m trying to pick between a few tenants. The house stinks because there was some animal poop or something and I don’t have time and money to replace the car...

Scott Trench Is it just me or is pulling a Tenant's CREDIT Score Harder than Ever?
18 January 2023 | 12 replies

I just started managing one of my rental units after a several year hiatus (it was managed via a property manager during the interim). 
I'm screening applicants for a vacancy, and I noticed something odd. I pulled wh...

Mark N.A Strategies for the Coming Apocalypse
1 December 2019 | 37 replies

As regular readers of this site know there’s plenty of sentiment (and evidence) that we’re headed for some bad times, maybe even some truly TERRIBLE times.

I have two questions:
1) Are you worried and, if so, ho...

Lei L. How to protect Vacant Home while rehabbing
22 February 2019 | 14 replies

Just start to rehabbing and would like to know what is the most effective way to secure a vacant property in rehabbing stage. I read about the topics online and it seems that Dog, CCTV, light are useful. Without Wifi,...

Nick Ferrari Am I being unreasonable
11 August 2017 | 14 replies

Just started off with a new rental and I'm asking my potential tenants to fill out an application before viewing the property. Keep in mind the home is well documented. I have around 40 photos of it posted on respecti...

Roy Assaf Yellow letters direct mail in Brooklyn, NY - Not even one phone call after our 3rd touch, Why?
23 November 2017 | 49 replies

BP marketing experts, I have a question:We started our direct mail (yellow letters) a few months ago in a hot area in Brooklyn, NY.We bought an absentee owner list from listsource and we decided to send out 400 letter...

Randall Prosise Should I invest in a new market, living around the world from it?
12 March 2018 | 19 replies

Hello everyone, and thanks in advance for any insight you may provide!I currently live and work in Beijing, and have a rental property portfolio in the form of 7 condo units in downtown Seattle.  They are managed very...

Spencer Ellingson Steps to cut out realtor?
3 October 2017 | 23 replies

Hi there,I found a property in our local newspaper and we want to do a transaction with out realtors. I currently own 8 properties and every one of them has been done with a realtor. I"m trying to think of the steps t...