Jonathan Taylor Smith
At Showing "I love it! I Want It!" - Then Crickets Instead of App
I've been showing what I consider to be a GREAT Townhouse Unit for the last two weeks, and with each showing I hear "I love it! I Want It!"... So I send an email with a link to the application, including instructions ...
Kelly M.
Review/Assessment of Electronic Rent Payment Services
I have been using Sparkrent for a few months and have liked it on the landlord side, but I have had 3 tenants that all have stumbled at one point using it on the tenant side. I decided to look for another service.I d...
Elizabeth Garcia
is receiving monthly rent in cash bad?
I just finished watching the webinar, "How to Buy Your First Duplex, Triplex, and Fourplex!" in which Brandon comments that collecting the rent in cash was "stupid." Can anyone enlighten me on why collecting the rent ...
Account Closed
Activities Permitted with A Checkbook IRA
I have just established an LLC for my SDIRA. The purpose is to use this LLC to buy and hold a SFR rental. I intend to manage the property myself. Are there any restrictions against using a credit or debit card with th...
Edward Mccracken
Background checks
Most counties have public back ground checks, I think. Meaning, I can type your name in a counties database and if you have been arrested before I can if you have been arrested and for what. I know there are backgr...
Alex Ballesteros
Is This A Rental Scam? Landlord Requiring Cash Deposit
I am on the verge of moving out & renting my first apartment unit (for myself), and I found a place that I am highly interested in, so i submitted an application for $25.00, along with a copy of some pay stubs, li...
Kyle B.
Critique My ListSource Criteria... First Time Doing This
Hello BP. I was hoping to get some advice from the direct mailing experts out there. I will be purchasing an address list from ListSource, and after running through their options, below is the criteria list I came up ...
Mil Sanghvi
**JUST BOUGHT A 10 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING NOW WHAT???
Hi BP,I JUST BOUGHT A 10 UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING!! NOW WHAT DO I DO TO TRANSITION?? I am closing on my biggest property yet (10 units) on October 15th. I am uncertain as to the exact steps to follow when you transit...
Brendan M.
Flexible Tenant Selection Criteria?
I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...
Vivian Pena
Best Cities for Rental Properties
Hi all, I am new to BP and this is my first post. My goal is to buy a rental property (single family or multifamily) by the end of 2019. I’ve been listening to the BP podcast diligently and reading Turner’s book on RE...