David Padilla
New member from Ontario, California
Hello everyone! My name is David. I'm married and have a one year old daughter. I started listening to the BP podcasts a couple months ago and got hooked! Since then I have been gaining knowledge from this fantastic s...
Andrew Merriman
A newbie investor in Kansas City...just want to introduce myself!
Hey everyone, my name is Andrew Merriman and I live in the Kansas City area and I'm very excited to join BiggerPockets! I just turned 38 years old (May 21) and I'm married to my best friend now for 19 years. To top it...
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Buying My First Rental Property Through My Brothers FHA Loan
Hi BP Community, The situation is as follows. -Brother has a sub-par Credit score, & Income. -He is located in Tampa's booming/affordable housing market.I am located in New York City and are an aspiring Real Estat...
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"I was just showing the house, and my buyer was killed!"
rip.. there goes the neighborhood! =(wonder around how often this happens, and what could have possibly been the motive - beyond robbery - for specifically just barging in on a house and opening fire, i mean is leavin...
Therese V.
Asking potential tenants questions about their credit report
Are there any questions you cannot ask a potential tenant about information based on their credit report?If there are 2 potential tenants and you run reports on them, can you ask potential tenant A something about pot...
Sandy Metivier
Building an Indy team (focus: agents & property managers)
Hi Indy folks!We are a queer married couple from San Francisco looking to expand our REI portfolio in Indy. We led with that detail about our identity as lesbians because we want to build a gay-friendly team and avoid...
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Need Advice: Capital Gain Tax in California
I wanted to tap into the advice from the group: we have a property that has turned into rental in early 2018 but was our primary residence for 5 years before that. If the house were to go on the market, would the gain...
Beau Pearson
Tenant Screening Issued
Does anyone have any recommendations for tenant screening? I know about SmartMove through TransUnion. Any feedback? Also, if you have a married couple do you charge both an application fee? How does that work?
Jonathan Taylor Smith
Who Gets The Security Deposit Refund?
So, I have a non-married couple who are at the end of their lease and one party wishes to leave the home and the relationship. The other party may wish to remain in the home and renew for another year. Assuming I deci...
Stephen E.
Room Mates
I have a unit that is for rent and a good application came in from a couple of young women who work at the same office and now want to be room mates. So far I have only had singles or married couples, and have tak...