Jim K.
Six days before leasing signing, ceiling caves in!
Picture it...Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home of old houses with serious problems and the people who live in them. At the end of October, the bathroom sink upstairs springs a leak. The leak flows across the tile floor a...
Heidi B.
Are we reliving 2006 in 2016?!
When we purchased our 3 unit bldg together (newly married) in 2006, there not yet any red flags of the pending housing crash that reared its ugly head that very same fall. Some say 2008 but this part is not impt to t...
Chad Harris
Tenant payments after ownership change
Hi all,How do you normally handle tenant payments that are made to the previous owner after closing and before you can notify them of ownership change and new payment instructions? We asked the seller to notify the te...
Alex Bekeza
California Passes Solar Panel Mandate
California recently signed a mandate requiring most new homes in the state to include solar panels after 2020. California is the first state to do so, but it likely won't be the last, with New Jersey and Minnesota pur...
Esteban Hermosillo
Rental lease agreement for roommates
Hello BP's,I recently purchased a SFH in Puyallup, WA and I want to rent out the two lower rooms of my split level home. I'm not sure what lease agreement form to use. I'm looking for any help with a lease template or...
Johann Jells
Risks of allowing a cosigner or lessor not in residence?
I have a potential applicant who wants to rent the unit for his retired parents who do not have sufficient income to qualify. He would co-sign or take the lease himself, and let them live there. I don't recall ever al...
Riley F.
Appreciation - how to factor it in?
For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...
David S.
When is enough enough? How many homes does one need!?
Perhaps I have an inner socialist I’m not aware of, but I have to ask the community, when is enough enough as it pertains to number of units owned?How often they ask on the podcasts “where are you going from here?” An...
Sybelle U Venegas
Trash bill opened in husbands name without authorization
I'm looking for any info that anyone can provide. We are current tenants that have been living at our location for 10 years. When we first signed our lease, trash service was included in the lease. Several years later...
Alexaundra McCormick
RENATUS SCHOOLING?
has anyone looked into this? It claims to be a college on how to become a real estate investor from the best arpund. There are diferent courses the offer finacial aid and give you access to online classes or you ca...