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Jeff McCaskey Does anyone actually check references on an application????
28 February 2015 | 50 replies

I just wanted to hear from anyone and everyone about this topic.....I have been doing this for about 5 years now and probably run through 100 different tenants (total number of people - not turned over units) in my ti...

Kristi C. Evicting for Stealing Power
27 July 2018 | 28 replies

How many days do I have to give a tenant to leave for stealing power? She has paid her rents,  but I just found out she's been stealing power since May. I got a call from police and city inspectors about it. Now the p...

Sean T. Obama and Immigration on REI
24 November 2014 | 45 replies

Let's for a moment take the politics out of the plan to allow 4million immigrants to stay here per executive order.  I don't want to debate the left or right.  I know we all have opinions and most are quite strong eit...

Jay Hinrichs First substantial loss
25 August 2015 | 48 replies

I have closed a property yesterday that I took a hit on... it was my first loss in 3 years and over 250 transactions that I funded. Take away... BP member good talker bad in execution.. I went and met with him in Atla...

Josh Edelson Why are all the insurance companies pulling out of disaster areas!?
1 October 2023 | 28 replies

GENERAL DISCUSSION:California has fires. Florida and South Carolina have hurricanes. All these insurance companies are jacking up the rates 2x-6x or cancelling policies altogether in these and many other areas. If you...

Edwin Duran Robert G. Allen No Money Down !?! Is It Possible ?!
3 May 2017 | 45 replies

Hello BP'ers

So I just wrapped up reading Robert G. Allen's book "Creating Wealth", and I was really intruiged by his methods of financing his deals. He is really trying to drive home the point of finding win...

Katie Willcox Pre-Screening - Are We Being Too Tough?
10 August 2021 | 39 replies

Hi Everyone!We took possession of our first rental on July 15th and we are self-managing it.  We've prepared a pre-screening questionnaire with guidance from Heather & Brandon Turner's Managing Rental Properties b...

Anthony Rodriguez Xpressloans 911 IS A SCAM!
16 March 2023 | 53 replies

Xpress loans 911 is a major scam!! Andrew of Xpress loans sent me a term sheet for 15% down at 6-8% interest on a 30 year loan in which I had to pay 1,295$ commitment fee. Once I paid and went through the loan process...

David Jiang Rental applicant wants a copy of my driver's license?
19 April 2017 | 45 replies

I'm wondering if anyone here has run into this and if so, how you dealt with it.I'm currently listing a rental as a private landlord and not getting a lot of hits except one applicant with solid scores and income. The...

Jason Schmidt what does your property management company do for you?
12 October 2009 | 36 replies

part of the appeal for going into real estate investing / landlording is to create passive income. to make enough in order to make it matter, i will need to possibly have 20 properties at some point. It seems to me ...