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Hello everyone - I am currently in the process of acquiring my very first rental investment property and hoping to close in the next 30 days. Property is located in York, PA, but I do have a few questions with regard...
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Newbie landlord have my second tenant moving in Saturday. The first rental I had a real estate company find tenant and handle transaction, this one I am doing everything myself. During the walkthrough on the first p...
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Background: We (me, 25F, and husband, 28M) are semi-low earners for the FIRE community and the urban area we live in and have hit a point where it's hard to reduce expenses much more. We'll work hard to increase incom...
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To summarize this long post, it is a fair housing violation for landlords to actually be conscious of the source of income type when making a decision to rent a property but once it is rented, we better recognize imme...
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Hey there!Long-story-short, a friend of my father is interested in investing money in real estate with me (flipping). I feel that to keep waters clear since the beginning, a partnership agreement must be signed before...
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good evening BP community,
I am working on getting into my first investment property with multi family homes. I wanted to see what kinds of questions you all ask property management companies when vetting them to see ...
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What tools what you need to do this on your own with no PM? Also, if you're not local.Obviously finding a good handyman for maintenance issues.Finding someone to rent the properties. Anything else?
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I am working on a home that has a horrible pet urine smell. We pulled the carpets out of the home and found hardwood floors. However, the smell of pet urine is extremely bad and the floors have been saturated. How do...
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Hello BP, I received a strange voicemail yesterday regarding my out of state (South Carolina) rental property. I looked up the caller’s name and it was the next door neighbor to the property. They must’ve found my...
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Newbie question here need some help. Over the last two weeks I have shown my rental to 6 different groups of people and have gotten 3 different applicants. I understand the guidelines to screening like having gross...