Hi everyone! I am in a big jam, here's my situation....One of my recent aquistions was a 12 unit apartment building. After the 1st month, I received an astronomical high water bill/sewer. Where I purchased this buildi...

We all have different cleaning standards, but some people are just filthy! Below are images from an actual apartment that's been occupied by the same tenant for almost 30 years. He pays 15% below market rate but has n...

I am securing an off market deal in Anne Arundel County Maryland. Because it's my first deal, I think my lender is charging me high fees for settlement purposes. For example, appraisal fee is $650 and when I questione...

Good contractors are so hard to find?

I dont have any experience dealing with contractors, but I frequent several REI message boards and it seems to me that one of the biggest complaints I see over and over is how ha...

Hi there, one of my properties in Washington DC has a leaky garbage disposal. I told the plumber to go check it out and if he can fix it great but if he has to replace it then to just remove it all together and not re...

Hi Bigger Pockets friends!
I am in a unique situation in which I’ll be moving from Hawaii back to the mainland within a year after selling my business, and I’m trying to figure out where to move to. I will have a mod...

I live in Washington State which is very tenant friendly.  I have read and used The Book on Managing Rental Properties as a reference and have always approached the Section 8 question from potential tenants with "inco...

Hi BP. My husband and I own a fourplex and our neighbor/tenant has been paying rent later and later each month since she signed her lease in May. She is honestly not someone we would have rented to if we'd had control...

I generally pride myself on choosing very good applicants but this one didn't sit well with me when signing the lease and I didn't have the greatest gut feelingLike the title says, these tenants were very qualified. T...

I was talking about Real Estate Investing with some people at Home Show event, and as I was talking about getting rents up to market rates. A lady in the conversation asked me if I felt guilty about that (raising rent...