Terri Smith
Screening Section 8 Tenants
Hi Everyone,I'm pretty new to Bigger Pockets and am working on my first property. I've listened to podcasts and YouTube videos on tenant screening but am interested to hear how you apply those to section 8 tenants. I...
Michael Robinson
Newburgh NY tenant's energy costs
Okay Newburgh landlords, you've given me information on rental incomes, now do any of you have any sense of what your tenants pay in energy costs per month? I know, not your problem generally, but I'm wondering......
Holly Barrett
Beware of Landlord Utility Accounts!!
So I have to share this situation with others, I don't want it to happen to you!In March of 2020 I sold a rental.Prior to that I had tenants there. I had also set up landlord accounts w/water and electric. These were ...
Taran Kumar
Tenant Abandon without paying the rent and utilities
One of my tenant, abandon the property without paying the rent and the utilities, as the amount is almost around $10,000.What would you do in this situation..?As we filled for the eviction and hearing too happened. In...
John Woodrich
Landlords sue Minneapolis over Section 8
Landlords are suing Minneapolis over the requirement to accept Section 8 housing vouchers: http://www.startribune.com/landlords-sue-minneapol...Personally I am not surprised about this and think they may be successful...
Shawn Thom
Always get a survey
I hear a lot of people say that they don't get surveys. I am working on buying a house now where an issue popped up. This is going to be a flip so I'd traditionally have to pay for a survey on the final sell anyway....
Daniel O.
Utilities: tenant laws and cost of sub-metering
Hey folks,I've been exploring Pittsburgh as a potential investment area and had a few questions to help me better analyze opportunities. In particular, I'm wondering for both single- AND multi-family properties.Are th...
Eddie Knoell
Turnkey - who handles the utilities when the property is vacant?
I started investing in residential real estate in 2017 by purchasing 3 properties from 3 different turnkey providers in the midwest. Two of the turnkey providers operate their own property management company. These tw...
Jason Martinez
Utilities: Under my name or PM while vacant?
Hi BP family,
I just acquired my first rental property and the utilities need to be under my name or the PM company. However, the PM company charges at 10% markup fee while paying these utilities during vacancy. I w...
Michael Johnson
Water Sub-Metering in San Diego
I am trying to find a company that will sub-meter and bill for water in my small (12 units) townhome community. A Google search only came up with 2 or 3 companies some of which only deal in large multifamily propertie...