James R.
Tenant gets "Attitude Adjustment"
I sometimes have to give tenants, what I call an "attitude adjustment".Below is an email that I sent to a tenant. In her email, she talked about invoicing me for when she had to talk to the utility company. I sent t...
James Kandasamy
AC cannot cool below 78F
Hi BPers,We have a house that was built in 1984 in Texas. The tenant claims that the AC cannot cool down below 78 F. The outside temperature was around 100 F when they claim this. The AC is running all the time. The A...
Kyle Glasgow
Listing price: reduce or be patient!
Just listed my first flip. My agent did the comps and after doing my research I instructed her to list a bit lower. The property is at 20 DOM now and there has been 4 viewing with no offers. This flip is in Baltimore ...
Alex Nelson
Paint Sprayer - Is it worth it?
I'm about so close on my first investment property and I'm exploring my renovation options. I've painted rooms using rollers and crushes before and it's definitely not my favorite activity. I've been looking into gett...
Greg Downey
Am I a jerk for proposing this deal?
I want to consider proposing this deal to our realtor. (short back story to follow): We are selling our townhome that we bought with a 0% down VA loan in January of 2014.We used our realestate agent to buy and want to...
Sameer A.
Where to invest $500K over the course of 2020
Hello all,
I am new to the real estate investing world, but I have already benefited greatly from the Bigger Pockets community. I just started looking for deals 6 months ago, but Brandon Turner's The Book helped me ...
Jason Graves
Helping 15 year daughter buy first house. Wife’s not a fan
Today we entered into a contract to buy a 3 bed 2 bath House in Kansas City Mo for $145k. The house will rent for $1500 to $1700 per month.I’m teaching my daughter how to create a monthly budget and will set up a sepa...
Tara Piantanida-Kelly
Seller's agent shared buyer's inspection report without consent
We are the buyers in a 4-property multi-family deal. The property inspector we usually use wasn't available. The seller's agent/listing agent recommended someone she's used before, and we agreed to hire him for the ...
John Liaaz
Why do many landlords not hire management?
I notice that it's a mixed bag when it comes to management on here. Half prefer to manage all their properties themselves and the other half won't touch a property without a manager/management company. Why is this suc...
Bill Dengler
Confused "Highest and Best Offer"
So I have been going back and forth on a bank owned foreclosure. We keep making cash offers and they hardly budge on the price. After a month of going back and forth they finally told use "Highest and Best" as they ha...