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Hello everyone,What do you consider to be the biggest deterrents that scare you away from a property?
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Do you still accept checks for rent? Why or why not?The property management company I work for refuses to accept any form of electronic payment. Although they were unclear on the reason for this in response to my last...
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What kind of paper trail do you maintain when collecting rent? I collect rent monthly through Venmo but never give the tenants an invoice or a paid statement. Is collecting electronically enough if there were ever any...
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Hey all! As posting states, I'm currently dealing with an issue stemming from my neighbor's lot: since 2016, having purchased the home as a shell property, the property owner did next to nothing to repair and/or mai...
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NJ BiggerPockets Family I need your help. I bought a 3 unit in West Orange in June. It came with 2 great tenants and 1 tenant from Hell. Based on what I found out after I bought it, she and the previous owner hated ...
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So the shared living units we manage mainly for students they are 4 bed 4 bath 1200 sqft. We include $200 of utility charges a month. Anything over is split among the tenants. Lately with electric costs rising we’ve ...
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Hi all, I am curious if this has ever been an issue for short-term rental hosts and how you have mitigated the issue. I got an Airbnb guest who reserved 28 nights under a strict cancellation policy. The booking was co...
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One of the tenants in a duplex with a shared water meter is complaining that he should pay lesser than the other tenant because he doesn’t use the water that much. They are supposed to half the bill per the contract. ...
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Does anyone have advice on renting out a SFH to college students? or near a college campus while property is under mortgage?
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When i acquired my 4th mortgage on my investment property last year November, there was no issue of representing myself as a buyer and agent. Suntrust allowed me to roll my entire commission into closing costs, and wa...