Brad Sicoli
Rookie mistakes with 1st tenants; where to go from here?
Sorry in advance for the novelI bought my 1st rental property on aug 28. It was a duplex and in september I converted it into a triplex. The property came with tenants living in 1 unit month to month and the owners ...
Scott Le
Tutorials/advice for painting a whole house myself?
I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately tr...
Sam Leon
"Communal" tenants
Looking at an single story 8-plex building and the numbers work, but there are a few items that bothered me.
All eight units (1/1) are currently occupied, tenants are either on month to month leases or no lea...
Michael Wentzel
Thanksgiving eve gas leak nightmare
Relaxing on my couch on Wednesday evening and my property manager calls. This is unusual and she has some bad news. In our newly acquired 4-unit building, one of the tenants smelled gas and called the gas company. ...
Nathan Yaun
My tenants HATE each other, expect me to fix their issues
I have an upper lower duplex with very nice hardwood floors. The upper renters are a husband a wife with two dogs and have been there for 10 years. I have owned the place for 1 year. The lower tenant is just a mid ...
Erica Cauley
What should I charge for a Security Deposit?
The completion of my first rehab is 3 weeks away. I have my rent set but I am still unsure of how much I should charge for a Security Deposit. I have seen different takes on this. First and last months rent. First and...
Ryan Garrison
How to House Hack with a Family
If I had to do it all over again, I would have gotten an FHA loan for a 4plex in the early 2000s instead of buying a SFR with a 95% loan. I thought I was smart because I bought the house expecting to turn it into a re...
Ken Latchers
I have seen the future and it is not STR (for the most part).
There is something called an efficient market (well known in stocks and commodities). That is where there is no easy money to be made, as everything is priced so no one has an advantage.
Then there is the mania. Fo...
Jessica Kiely
New rental - attracting a qualified tenant
Acquired our first rental property and working to attract a qualified tenant. The rental is listed on Facebook and Zillow: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/102-S-30th-St-Harrisburg-... We have had 3 showings but hav...
Brian Orr
New fourplex owner questions (utilities, rent, etc...)
Hey BP family,So I finally did it and made the jump into multi-family with my first 4plex closed today. I wanted to run the summary information here and get what feedback I could from all your experience. I've only pu...