Ryan Tessier
Dilemma; Prospective Tenant with a Bad History
One of my investments is a 3 story house with an apartment on each floor. A vacancy opened up on the first floor and the tenant on the third floor is moving in there. She's my favorite tenant, clean, pays on time ever...
Lisa Fryer
Sell or hold as rental?
Hello BiggerPockets community!
I need a bit of help deciding if I should sell or hold one of my properties. This is a brand new manufactured home we are installing on a small lot about 10 minutes from our primary. Th...
Pesi S.
Is Depreciation Really A Benefit to Rental Investor Or a Trap
Hello,Depreciation is touted as one of the big benefits of buying investment real estate (rentals) . I am not able to understand the benefit of taking depreciation on a rental property. On one hand IRS rules force you...
Lawrence Henkel III
Unauthorized new roommate
So we received this email from one of our tenants who is one of 2 roommates in a 3bedroom SFR. We state in our lease that we must approve any new roommates and we must be notified if you will be having a guest stay fo...
Hisashi N.
How to minimize the risk of unpaid rent ?
Hi we have been managing 15 + rental properties (SFR) and been to eviction courts numerous times, but have never been successful to collect unpaid rents.I understand following ways exist to collect unpaid rents.1. Get...
Nathan Williams
do you repair ungrounded electric outlets?
I invest in the mid-west (Indiana) but dont live in the region. Nearly every home I purchase or look at (SFHs in C class areas) have ungrounded outlets. So far we been paying to run a ground wire on the units but no...
Tom Fidrych
Property managers, who pays for evictions
I'm shopping for a new property manager. If a tenant you have placed is to be evicted, do you take care or it as part of your management service or is the owner billed for each court appearance and all governmental fees?
Rachel Hughes
De-escalating an angry guest - check out time drama!!
I think they call them "Karens"? Perhaps 10 am is too early of a check out time?
Clayton Sneider
Anybody Specialize in Bad Credit Score Tenants?
Is there anybody here who allows tenants with bad credit, but charges extra rent/deposit? The standard advice is simply to not rent to tenants with bad credit. But can you make extra money by taking on the extra risk,...
Owen Dashner
VA "Vendee" Financing - Good?
I'm curious to see who here has purchased an investment VA property using "vendee" financing. Please describe the process, whether it was as straightforward as it seems, and what your associated costs were. Also, wo...