Hello.I'm curious to know how agents here on BP started their careers. What form of marketing did you start doing?How much did you spend and how productive was it?I'm targeting a community with 545 townhomes that rang...
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One of my tenants does flooring for a living. He asked if he could put new carpeting in his apartment, and said it wouldn't cost me a thing, that they had plenty of leftover carpeting to do the entire unit, and that h...
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We had a misunderstanding with a tenant (involving a transfer of a lease) and they failed to pay August's rent. (No one and everyone was at fault as it was legitimately a confusing situation.) He has paid all the othe...
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I'm putting a new roof on a house for about $7000 in Minnesota. I'm wondering if I should put a new roof on the detached two car garage as well. The cost for adding the garage roof brings the total to $9800. I'm wond...
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We have detached 4 Plex in Alaska. We purchased the beginning of the year. The leases are month to month, and it included heating oil when we bought the property. How can we go about having the tenants pay for their o...
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Does anybody have a ballpark idea of price per sqft for what it would cost to rehab a house that has to be taken down to the studs? Including demo, electrical, plumbing, walls, flooring, roof, etc. Basically just work...
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As the President / CEO of a contracting business (full service electricians) in Central, PA and an instructor for the NAHB (National Association of Home Builders) I offer the following. You can have 2 of the followin...
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Hello everyone been lurking for a while. Just purchased a foreclosure condo in Tacoma, Washington area. The cement floor underneath the carpet apparently has no vapor barrier. The HOA representative said that in a ...
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I received this text from the past tenant:
"I lost my job today but if you need that money more than me then you can shove it up your f-ing ass..."
Can use this as a refusal by the tenant for the security deposit?
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So I'm in the process of purchasing my first triplex. The property currently had 3 tenants paying under marker value.. I'm still cash flowing. My questions is 2 of the units contracts are up on Feb 2024 and the other ...