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I have a few single family rentals I'm considering selling in the Denver, CO area within the next year. I'd love to be able to do a 1031 exchange to buy a condo with a view of the ocean, someplace affordable, such as...
Hi Everyone,I felt extremely frustrated recently as a relatively new landlord. I had unbelievably bad luck to meet two very bad tenant families in a row in 3.5 years as a new landlord. Because of my first tenants allo...
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Good morning Bigger Pockets community.
I wanted to get your perspectives about my criteria's I am currently using trying to rent out a 3 bed row home in a "C" (blue collared) neighborhood. Every day for the past mon...
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I am a relatively new landlord (1.5 years) and encountering my first major issue. I bought a duplex January 2021. The first floor unit had oil heat and I wanted to change it to gas. There was nothing wrong with the he...
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Just wanted to start a conversation about strategies for dealing with potential renters who have poor credit, a bankruptcy and several delinquent accounts. For example right now, I have a potential renter who is in he...
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I have a possible tenant stating they do not have to pay a non refundable pet fee to have two small dogs live with them in our property because they are therapy dogs for her dad of which she is the caretaker for. To m...
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Today was my worst day ever landlording. I evicted a 86 year-old lady and her 50-something unemployed daughter. I purchased the property back at the end of May. Right after closing I gave the lady the option of paying...
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I put a REO SFR house under contract in Cape Coral earlier this week. Today I had a professional home inspector come do a thorough check. He found several areas where water has been seeping in the house for some ti...
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I've inherited about 40ac of land an I'm trying to figure out what to to with it. The land is all together and not land locked. It's located about 90 miles from Dallas. There's basically nothing near the land. The...
I'm working with a landlord whose last tenant killed himself in the unit and was not discovered for two weeks in the middle of summer. The landlord hired ServPro to "clean up" the place but the smell still lingers....