Meryl McElwain
So-anyone still paying rent?
So I'm in Chicago. Two six flats. 8/12 tenants now not paying rent. I've been talking to other landlords and it's the same story. I have two buddies with 60 units between them. They're are mostly 1 bedrooms. Rent is u...
Jason Merchey
A Person Who Represents Himself Has a Fool for a Client?
You've heard that old adage about a person who tries to represent themselves in a real estate transaction has a fool for a client....
I think the market is pretty strong in my neck of the woods, and I am aimi...
Kristy F.
Tenants May Have Damaged Property on Purpose
Hello all,I need your advice regarding an emergency. I have a triplex in San Francisco, where the third floor tenants are protected and paying below-market price rent. They have been there for two decades, and I inher...
Brian Gibbons
Tips from Brian Gibbons re: Creative Financing
It is the spring and I thought I would give a primer on "creative financing" for the BP community.I will break it up into Beginner and Advanced.I will talk about well known and not so well known strategies.Beginner st...
Susan McBride
Investor Offer to Assume Mortgage - Legit or not?
Hello. I just received an offer from Mono RE LLC / CDK Investment to purchase my home, which is currently on the MLS, at the full listing price. It seems too good to be true and I am currently trying to research th...
Travis Geary
First Tenant Nightmare...suggestions appreciated
My wife and I purchased our first rental in August of last year, and suffice it to say this has been quite the learning experience with many newbie investor mistakes made along the way. Right now we are dealing wit...
Todd LaPierre
Another victim of Scott Carson, We Close Notes and Inverse Assets
Like Gerry's earlier post, I was very reluctant to share my story. But now the time has come for me to share like Gerry so that no one else gets themselves in a bad deal with Scott or anyone else. I specifically wai...
Shawn Peden
How do we handle this situation
So we have purchased a property that we feel will turn out to be a great deal, basically purchased for the back oweing taxes. Here is our first problem though, it's occupied by a "tenant" that supposedly had a verbal ...
John Park
Tenant sees a ghost. What should my response be?
So...one of my tenants is claiming that she and her daughter are seeing a spirit in the house. Did not know how to respond to this. If it was a maintenance item I would send my guy to take a look right away, but what ...
Michael Swan
Donald Trump Changed My Paradigm!!
I am posting this here as GAME CHANGER for me. It is better placed here in success stories, instead of elsewhere because If I can do this, you can too! I mean this from the bottom of my heart. I read about Donald Tru...