Hi everyone, I am currently under contract for a 4 unit property, looking to bill back the tenants for their utilities each month via RUBS if I find the cost to install individual sub meters to be too high (In the pro...

Hello everyone,    I just created my Pro membership here at BP after years of stalking the page, listening to the podcasts and "waiting for the right time".  I am here in the forums to connect with other investors, es...

It seems like it's most common to use a 33% rent-to-income ratio to screen tenants, but debt-to-income seems like a smarter way to screen tenants to me.  A tenant may have a good RTI, while having a poor DTI.  Isn't i...

What do you buy at Home Depot?  Their 72 hour carpet seems to be reasonably priced.They typically offer installation for $0-100, though they make you buy their pad, which seems to be how they offset the actual cost of...

Hello,I am a licensed real estate agent.   I just renewed my mortgage loan originator license and I am wondering how I can get the best out of both. I believe it is ideal to work with a mortgage broker to gain experie...

Hello!  My husband and I are planning to buy our first investment property.  We are currently refinancing to bring down our DTI.  We did a pre-qual with a lender to get a rough idea.  The amount is what we need for th...

I wanted to go into a little more detail on this fire that I had in my community. Fires in parks happen, but now of three, two were caused by humans one intentional and one most likely unintentional but still man-made...

I am working on a score sheet that automatically gives a tenant a score and pass/ fail mark depending on each property's minimum qualification standards by simply entering information found on a application background...

I have a tenant who is violating his lease and was hoping for some info. The tenants mother has moved in which violates the lease because only the guy living there had signed the lease. (we do have a clause in the lea...

I remember hearing on Tom Krol's podcat #176 that there are certain title companies that will research a title for free for wholesalers, investors, etc. The idea is through this free service, the investor would close ...