Jonathan Dickerson
Can Prepaid Rent --> Eviction With No Refund Given?
I have a client who recently completed a 3-year lease. They switched to month-to-month. I was planning on booting them out for a number of reasons but they offered to prepay for the year in advance. Since cash is king...
Christen G.
Inherited Tenants: paying/paid on the 10th.
I feel like I already know the answer to this, but would love ya'lls input, thoughts and encouragement, regardless: We've inherited tenants in a triplex all of whom were on M2M. Immediately we evicted the upstairs uni...
Ernesto Hernandez
Saving You Time #2: Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover Cliffnotes
Again, not super cleaned up. Copied and Pasted off of my notes on my iPad. Enjoy!Dave Ramsey Money Makeover Chapter 1: Total Money ChallengeChapter 2 DenialFrog in Warming Water example - If a frog jumps into a BOILIN...
James Lusk
The Red Road to Real Estate (Part 1)
Allow me to catch you up to speed before moving forward. My career path has been more crooked than a hunchback lawyer. I began like most; working odd jobs throughout high school. From grocery store cashier to pizza de...
Jonathan Stone
Leaping Hurdles to Close My First 2 4 Plexes 100 Miles From Home
BackgroundIn 2010 I bought a bank owned 3 bed 2.5 bath single family property using an FHA loan which required a 5% down payment. The purchase price was $73K so this equated to approximately $3,700 out of pocket. Dur...
Dan Cerempei
Renting or selling my 1st house
I'm in process of buying my 2nd property as my maine residence. Thinking to rent my 1st property. Just numbers don't really add up. So:
1) 1200$ mortgage payment
2 ) extra 100$ a month cause we are loosing homeste...
Jenny Scott
Is this a valid alternative for my vacation cabin?
I have a vacation cabin in mountains that our family used to go pretty often for summer break, vacations and holidays. But now we go there less and less often, we are thinking about if there is any way to use it to br...
Lyle M Smith
Next Steps? What would you do if you were me?
Hi all, My name is Lyle and I am new to BP. I’ve been wanting to get into real estate investing for the last several years. I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit and a drive for investing. I currently live in Sant...
Jonathan Kimball
Beginner moving to Colorado Springs, CO
Hello BP Community!My name is Jonathan Kimball and I'm brand new to real estate investing. A little background on me, I'm an O-3 in the Air Force and over the past 4'ish years became an ardent follower of the "FIRE" m...
Enrique Kratz
American cities with high walkability but low cost of living?
Hey guys, Recent college grad, thinking of buying an apartment. I was living in NYC and I really like it, however, it's very expensive, it doesn't seem like a good place to live when you are starting out in life. I'm ...