Vitaliy Merkulov
Require applicant to give access to their social media accounts?
When screening tenants, in addition to running a credit report, checking landlord references, and checking bad tenant databases I also try to check the applicant's social media accounts. Some people have their account...
Kenneth Goldman
Find a Mentor or Quit?
I have been hammering away at trying to start a fix and flip real estate business of single homes in the Chicago market. I have tried pursuing several avenues to identify opportunity including knocking on homeowne...
Taylor Comer
Rent Payment Options
Hello again!As a new landlord, I am trying to figure out the "best" option for my tenants to pay rent each month. I have looked around BP and read some articles and have a few ideas for a system I would actually use.....
Account Closed
Joint Venture (More Units) vs Solo (Less Units) advice
Hi all!I was initially thinking of buying upto 20 Multifamily units with financing for long term retirement buy and hold goal. Now I am wondering if the better idea would be to buy 100 Multifamily units with 3-4 joint...
John Suralik
Zillow is Crushing Craigslist Right Now!!!!
Last night, I posted one of my houses that is coming up for rent on Craigslist and Zillow. I never posted on Zillow before, but figured that I should get with the times and try it out. Zillow has an option to automati...
Shawn M.
Pay Rent Online?
The last renter I had paid by cash or money order. Now that I will be renting out two units in the next month I am wondering if I should go with an online option to pay rent. How do you collect your rent? Do you us...
Joseph G.
Unqualified applicant keeps contacting me, wary of rejecting
First post, I hope I'm following the rules and I appreciate your help. I bought a duplex in September. One of the sides was vacant and in need of renovation and I had a builder do this in October and November. While s...
Lynette Guy
Nest Thermostat Short Term Rental
I have a Nest thermostat in my short term rental cabin in North Georgia. I have not put any restrictions on it right now but in my house manual, I ask that the guest turn it to the AWAY setting when they leave and als...
Mark Wikkerink
Best locks for rental
HiWe are renovating a duplex, and we get to pick our own hardware, etc. I am thinking about which locks to go with, and wondering if anyone can offer advice. I would like the ability to re-key the locks myself, and I ...
Jeff Piscioniere
Offering of Netflix as a guest amenity
Hello BiggerPockets VR friends! I've heard that some people offer their guests Netflix. We own a VR cabin in Gatlinburg, TN and this would seem to be a really nice amenity to consider adding. Here's the problem, I ...