James Brand
Tenant Screening: Bad Credit okay?
Hey BP, I am currently considering a potential tenant with a poor credit score in Philadelphia. He was upfront with me about it when first viewing the property, and explained he does not currently have a credit card s...
Diane Menke
? re mark up rates and fees to tenants
We do a little landlording renting out SFH's. We try to run this like a business. The tenants are our customers and we provide services in the form of clean decent housing. Usually it goes well.
Over the years we ha...
Chad U.
Impending Commercial Real Estste Collapse
I think there will be bloodbath in commercial real estate, not so much in residential. It's already started. The WSJ reported this week that RBC bank was trying to fire sale $600B worth of property this week that it...
James McGovern
Clever Ways to Navigate around Tenant Friendly Laws in your state?
I am in Connecticut and interested in novel ways landlords have figured out how to navigate around the variety of tenant friendly laws?
Jamie B.
Disqualify Potential Tenant with First Email Inquiry?
I have been reading all the blogs and posts within this site as well as books others have recommended. Amazing amount of information! We are busy getting our first rental SFH ready and I am behind on my formal introd...
Sarah Santa Cruz
Pay down mortgage faster or not
Hey BP Community,I'll be closing on my 5th single family home investment property in a few weeks. I'm in Texas, in an area where property values have continued to climb steadily since I've been investing over the past...
Amy Raye Rogers
Is Grant Cardone right that the US will become a renter nation?
According to Pew, "investors bought 24% of all single-family houses sold nationwide last year, up from 15% to 16% annually going back to 2012, according to a Stateline analysis of data provided by CoreLogic, a Califor...
Henry Birt Day
Baltimore Evictions -How long does it take? Am I getting scammed?
Hello,My first post on BP and its a doozy! So I own some properties in Baltimore Maryland. I'm not located in the state and found a PM to help me manage the properties. I've had a difficult squatter situation and was ...
Atwan Kwan
Would you BUY your clients Property!?!?
Bout to buy my clients investment property!! It's been years....watching, working for others ......and looking longingly .......at the market and others flourishing....Why now?...... My client, calls me the other day....
Michael Plaks
EXPLAINED: sending 1099s to contractors and vendors
This is a revision of my old post on this timely topic. Timely because January 31st is the deadline.
Sending 1099-NEC (formerly 1099-MISC) to contractors and vendors
2024 update: While not directly related...