Barry Moehring
Annual/Regular Rental Property Routine Maintenance
Would anyone have a good list of the routine/preventative maintenance checks that should be performed annually or regularly on single family rental properties? Air filters, fridge filters, etc... pretty obvious. But...
Benjamin Cowles
Is "return service requested" necessary to catch dead ends?
I've read about the use of "return service requested" in here to get the PO to send you a bill for a buck or so to get the address of an unoccupied property. Should I append that message to all my first mailings, or w...
Colin Carr
Saving money for taxes
I was watching the video Brandon Turner did for analyzing a deal recently and got to thinking. When you own a rental and are collecting money from it, I'm assuming the government sees that as income, and presumably wa...
Shelley Myer
Illegal leasing and false misleading and deceptive advertising
I bought a condo in December 2016 in Naples Florida in a 55+ community and began renting it out to short term renters staring in January 2017 to the end of March. Our rules are clear, all tenants must be approved thr...
Jim Keplinger
Storage Facility Advice from the BP Brain\ Trust
Dear BiggerPockets BrainTrust:Folks, I'm about to pull the trigger on my first deal (tommorow?!?) and I have questions. I'm purchasing a 4600SF commercial building 30 feet off the main Square in small town Indiana. T...
Joan C.
New Joint Tenant Worries
Hi,I rent my 4 bedroom house to 4 guys, joint and several, two of them left earlier, I have the remaining tenant screen the candidate first, then I qualify the prospective tenant with my rental criteria including 3 x ...
Heather Runge
When the 1% rule is unattainable........ buy off-market?
Hello BP community! I live near Lake Tahoe and am shopping the Reno Sparks area. For my first purchase I wanted to simply buy off MLS, something that has become stale, at a discount. The problem is, I'm having troubl...
Brian Becker
License vs. Marketing the house
Hello,New on here, awesome resource this is. I'm in Buffalo, NY. Lately there have been a couple for sale by owner companies popping up. That they market the house for sale by owner but "the owner" sells it. If an age...
Brittany Bell
STR vs. LTR
Hello! Would it be better to start off with STR or LTR in this area?
Ross Turner
I’ve got deals...but no financing. Help?
I run a successful real estate marketing agency based out of the beautiful California Central Coast. Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, Arroyo Grande area.
Up until recently we have helped hundreds of real estate invest...