Ronesha Fisher
I am very skeptical about renting to an individual
Hello all, So I wanted to have an open discussion of my current situation. I have multifamily unit and I am currently looking for a tenant. I have the price at a reasonable price and I came across this one female who ...
Michael Glaser
And the adventure begins.
Going to write this post in bullet format for ease of organization...
Wife is an emergency physician. I am a contemporary cabinetmaker, ex-futures&options trader at CBOT. We have two children (age 3 and 6)
We ar...
Ken Cabellon
Newbie from Tacoma/Olympia, WA
Hi Everyone! My name is Ken Cabellon and I am a newbie BP Pro member. I am looking to network with fellow investors in Western Washington (Seattle/Tacoma/Olympia) and also in the Portland-Metro area. I am looking to b...
Mark Mynhier
Creative owner financing
A partner and I are working on a deal and have a question about creatively financing an owner financing. The gentleman is 87, but is in no way impaired, and is willing to do owner financing on the property. One possib...
Albert Stephen Medoro
Lead paint, inherited tenants, PA
Hi, I recently inherited tenants in one unit of a property I purchased six months ago. Obviously I inherited the lease as well. I placed tenants in the vacant unit and followed the new tenant process, including provid...
Olga Merino
Does Owning Rental Properties affect your Social Security Income?
My dad is close to hitting his retirement age and has heard that he needs to either sell his rental properties or pass them down to his children in order for his social security income to not be affected. Is this true...
Chad Wales
Large family, small rental
Hello,I have a rental in Chicago that is 1400sq/ft, 3 bedroom and 1 bathroom. I have had a family of 7 (6 adults and 1 child) submit an application. To me, it seems as if they would be uncomfortable living in such sma...
Jo W.
Section 8 and kids under 6YO - Is it heavily regulated?
Hello BP members,I recently bought a 2 unit SMF in a low income neighborhood (Buffalo NY).I had to evict the upper unit and renovate, now starting to look for a tenant.I priced it a bit high for the area and i have on...
Mindy Jensen
Real Estate Investing, so easy a 12-year-old can do it!
What were you doing when you were 12? Australian Akira Ellis just bought a $552,000 investment property . Not so impressive until you realize he's just 12 when he put it under contract! I've read other stories of youn...
J Scott
For a change...
For a change of pace, instead of pointing out all the things that are going more and more wrong with this country, here's an example of something that's actually going right:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/ha...