Mindy Jensen
HELP! Sewer Backup and Threatening Tenant
OK, this is for one of our developers - the people who keep this site up and running. She would REALLY appreciate any advice you can give. She's a newer landlord, so go easy on her.She rented her property to a new t...
Brandon Turner
How Much Do You Improve Your Rentals?
I'm working on a blog post for the BiggerPockets Blog and I'm curious:
How nice do you make your rentals before putting a tenant in?
Specifically, I'm writing about turning a primary residence into a rental, but t...
Ken Bryant
Bandit Signs
I have a question regarding Bandit signs. Would someone share their thoughts on the use of bandit signs. What are response rates? What are sizes of signs etc.
Michael Wentzel
Giving back to tenants?
Last year we tried something new. In early December, we sent both our tenants (we only had two units at the time) a Christmas card saying thank you and enclosing a $50 gift card. We did it mainly to say thank-you t...
David Zheng
Most Guilty Pleasure you've Bought with Real Estate Profits
Just for fun but I know many of us have made it pretty big in real estate whether its a huge flip, cashout refinance, or built up rental profits. but I want to see what our biggest most extravagant guilty pleasure pur...
Jonathan Ramos
Why aren't builders building faster?
Hi BP friends,
The Problem
In the Southern New Hampshire area, we have less than one month worth of inventory available on the MLS. THIS IS NOT NORMAL! there should be 6 months available for a stable market. Now I...
Jaago Viitkin
Airbnb, VRBO, Homeaway, vacation rental cleaning
I have hard time finding a good vacation rental cleaning company in North Jersey.I called people on craigslist but the prices are quite high. In my area hosts are charging 25-50 dollars for cleaning. I didn't find nob...
Shiloh Lundahl
Why you shouldn’t jump into real estate hoping to avoid a job
On a lot of new investor posts, I read that they want to replace their full time income with passive income from real estate investing. Which all in all is not a bad thing but I think their time frames to do this is n...
Zane O.
New member - analysis feedback
I'm a new member and would love some feedback on our recent purchase and analysis.We bought a residential property in an upscale neighborhood. It was built in 1999 and has 3,824 square feet. They added an in-ground ...
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Out of state investing
I am a young professional currently renting in a very expensive part of Southern California. I am hesitant to buy a home in my area because they are very overpriced ($700k for a small 3BR townhouse) and I have been s...