Andy Plattner
Eviction in Texas
I just purchased a triplex, two units having tenets. The plex is in a nice area but the triplex itself is a bit rundown. I want to fix up the triplex and turn it into a vacation rental so I will have to evict the te...
John Barnette
It's a terrific day in San Francisco
Hi all, officially now a new member of BP. Though been a reader off and on for a while. Looking forward to interacting with you all on here, providing advice, seeking advice, and so forth. A little about me: Realto...
Rick Howell
Getting Maximum Returns When Selling Your Properties
There is a lot that goes into flipping and selling a property. Not only do you have to acquire it at a price that works for you but also, you need to put the right amount of work into it. There are many investors who...
Travis Rush
Rent by Room- Inappropriate Tennant Behavior
Hello all, I'm a new investor renting my first property out by the room and I need some advice on a difficult situation. There are three tenants in the single family home.I recently received troubling reports form Roo...
Jane Smith
Tenants break lease and won’t pay rent
So, here is a fun one.After almost two years of renting our tenants are getting divorced and decided to break their lease. Their contract would have ended the end of June, but the husband moved out the second week of ...
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Landlord causing my wife trouble, please need advice
My wife has been renting a 2 bedroom home with a month to month lease for 5 months. She has been a perfect tenant, she's clean and takes good care of the home. She has never been late on a payment, never has done dama...
Stephen R.
Contractor dispute. Looking for an arbiter in Connecticut.
My home improvement contractor quit just as I was about to fire him. He originally quoted me 6 weeks for project completion, we're currently at 11. The backup contractor told me he's going to need another 5 weeks to f...
Caleb Griffin
Personal book keeping starting off
Hey all. I am re-reading Kiyosaki's book "Retire Young, Retire Rich," and I am looking at the part where he suggests hiring a bookkeeper. I am just getting started in real estate (and by that I mean I am formulating m...
Andy Chen
How to prescreen with Cozy
Hi all, I am new and this is my very first looking for a renter. I am thinking to use Cozy to accept applications (e.g. credit report). One question, how do I do prescreening with Cozy? Do I do pre-screening off-Cozy ...
Jean-Paul E. Gagnon
Quickbooks: worth the time spent learning? Am I OVER-engineering?
Hi all,
I have 8 properties (16 units), and have grown a lot in the past 18 months. For 19 years, I've "kept books" with highly organized "paper system" which (while SOOOO 1990')s was at least a logical and organiz...