Jasmine C.
Looking for a maintenance person in kcmo
Hello. I am looking for any advice or help to find a third party maintenance person. I've had a few turn overs and I feel like my property manager is ripping me off with the "expenses and repairs". I want to find a ma...
Zack Kahl
Calgary Market Insight
Hey everyone,Just curious on Calgary investors current outlook for the market. I have been browsing around and finding that some townhouses/condo/apartments are sitting under 200k. From what I can see these are gettin...
Bienes Raices
Critique my holding deposit agreement
[moderators: sorry I posted this by mistake on the Commercial Real Estate forum and then reposted here. Could you please delete the one on the Commercial forum]
So far, I have been having the tenants pay the holding ...
Tommy Lorden
Water & Plumbing Issues : How Does Your Lease Deal With Them?
I have been getting nickeled and dimed with leaks and clogs. From a prior life in Illinois, I remember we had no problem making all plumbing issues part of the tenant's responsibility in the lease. However, I'm n...
Alyssa Lebetsamer
My First Eviction - does it ever go smoothly?
It looks like I am going to have to evict one of my tenants very soon. fingers crossed a miracle pulls through, but assuming it doesn't....For those of you that have been through this before - do renter's ever receive...
Richard Palmer
Looking at my first multifamily
Hi everyone. This is my first post. I have been reading alot and learning a ton. Obviously with any risk there is some fear, especially when you make the move. I have a few books on the way to help me; "Rich Dad Poor ...
Holly Barrett
Self Managing from a Distance
Looking at a duplex 8 hour drive away. I want to self manage, BUT I'm getting tripped up on how to show prospective tenants the units at turnover.What options might we have?Realtor fees for showing are steep, at that ...
Jessica Y.
Craigslist scam??
Hi everyone,I recently joined BP and have been impressed by the amount of resources on here! We are just starting out in REI, and I have the extra time to learn more as I am only work part-time at the moment. When s...
Ken D.
Potential tenants that can't speak any English.
Today a family of 6 (3 adults, 2 babies, and a 10 year old) viewed one of my apartments but only the 10 year old could speak English. I tried my best to speak to the adults through the 10 year old but the child strug...
Brian Jurvelin
Tenant needs help: is this lease term standard and/or fair?
Hi BP community,I am a tenant and had a question about the following statement in my lease agreement:"Regardless of assignment of responsibility, tenant agrees to be responsible for the first $250.00 of any repair or ...