Stephanie DeBerry
First House hack- Inheriting tenants
Hi everyone,
I'm closing on my first house hack on Monday, Nov 1. First time landlord.
The garage apartment has 2 tenants on a month to month lease- they want to stay. They're paying $650, market rent is $800-900, w...
Anurag Kumar
HVAC Maintenance Plan Recommendations?
Hey Guys. I am about to turn my primary residence into a rental and I am trying to decide the best way to ensure HVAC maintenance given that doing it myself will not be an option. I think getting a maintenance plan wo...
Ash Clarke
NYC Flight Attendant Ready to Spread Wings into Real Estate
Hello everyone,
I am new to the BiggerPockets community. It might be early in the game, but I already feel like discovering BiggerPockets is one of the best things that has ever happened in my life. I couldn't think...
Rahul Srivastava
How do you choose a market to buy your first property?
Hey everyone, total newbie here to real estate investing. I'm 26, single, and I want to begin real estate investing to supplement my stock portfolio and grow my net worth to get closer to my goal of financial independ...
Morgan Warfield
New Young Investor Looking for Tips!!
Hi! I am Morgan, I'm 19 and I'm just getting into real estate investing. I want to start early so I can build up my investing more and more over time. I'm currently taking Robert Kiyosaki's real estate course online s...
Brendan Moehn
Tenant withholding rent due to no record of their deposit
TL:DR- Tenant withholding rent due to not going to get deposit back, which there is no record of. What's the best time/cost effective way of dealing with it?I purchased a property end of October, 2019. The previous la...
Brent T Howell
Hampton Roads (Norfolk) VA Small Multi-Family
Hello Bigger Pockets,
I am coming from Alaska down to Virgina, and plan on jumping into a house hacking opportunity in Norfolk Va. Housing in Virginia is much different than Alaska as you might imagine. I am reaching...
Meir Greenblatt
Do you get home warranty for your rental?
I'm a fresh landlord and every time I come across home warranty promotion I wonder if it's better to spend that ~$50 for a peace of mind and also I can take that out of my capex/maintenance budget? since my expenses w...
Andrea Gillis
Tenant Screening Red Flag? Asking for advice and opinions
First some background: I am screening tenants to rent a room in a house I am living in.tl;dr: Seems that the applicant was rushing when filling out the application and had many errors in the application - not obvious ...
James Morrissey
Tenant Screen Advice
Hey fellow BPers, what is your approach to screening tenants? What are the most important aspects to a tenant's application to you? Attached I have a tenant screening document I wrote out based on episode 6 of Real Es...