Sean Abrahamsen
Real Estate Agent asking for money
Hi Everyone,I am fairly new to real estate still but I am on the hunt for my first rental property. I have been in contact with some real estate agents.I have one real estate agent that has asked me to sign an agency ...
Jeffrey Bailey
What to do with 80 year old tenant paying 1/2 market rate
I am looking to purchase a duplex as our first rental property. One of the units is currently rented by an 80 year old woman that has lived there almost 40 years. She's currently paying less than half the market rate...
Nate Sanow
Mortgage forebearance EXTENDED, no crash in sight
I just read the Housing Wire article stating they are going to extend FHA Forbearance into December 2021 for “certain borrowers.” Stuff like this is why in my humble opinion everyone holding their breath for 2021 to l...
Bo Edmond
Landlord won’t fix AC in timely manner or provide alternatives
Hello, I’m active duty military deployed overseas and one of my guys has a significant problem. His wife and two young kids are in Ohio in a house they’re renting. Their AC went out two weeks ago and still has not bee...
Juliette Olsen
Self manage or hire property management, that is the question?
Hi!We’re planning to rent our home when we move—but we know we will be moving out of state. Question is:Self manage out of state? OR Hire property manager and eat the costs until you have cash flow coming in? What’s t...
Kyle Soderman
College rental analysis
I have been analyzing some deals in my area and have come across one that is of interest to me. This will be a college rental that is only 3 blocks off campus which is prime location for a college rental. 4 bed 1 bath...
Scott MacComb
Contract with general contractor on house flip
I am doing my first true house flip (have remodeled plenty of houses for rental) and am trying to figure out a contract to use with a new general contractor whom I have not worked with previously. After hearing about...
J. Martin
Success through BP: 3,000th Post: 4 years, a Summit, $1MM+ in RE, 1 wholesale probate deal, 8 rehabs, 1 master lease, 50 Airbnb guests, & 100 tenant headaches later..
As I noticed my last post tick over to 2,999 posts since I joined the site, I thought back to reflect on my introduction to Bigger Pockets so many years ago, what it has done for me, and my biggest mistake :) What h...
J Scott
Controlling Your Appraisals
Vikram and others brought up an interesting topic in another thread, and because it was buried pretty deep in there, I wanted to break it out into a new thread. The discussion was about how you go about getting your ...
Liliana Ruano
Oceanpointe (and Morris Invest) Property Management Problems
Hi everyone,As mentioned before on another post, my husband and I bought a property through Morris Invest back in August 2016. Everything went smoothly, and there were no issues. The only problem that we had was a l...