Bruce Woodruff
Unusual STRs that you have seen?
Recently moved to a new area about an hour west of Phoenix. We know AZ is a cowboy state for sure, but this is a new one. About 50% of the houses around mine are STRs...but with a twist. They all must have horse facil...
Lawrence Paul
Water Damage - Owner downstairs issues
Hello again,So I own a unit on the second story and my tenant (who is being removed and moving August 3rd due to non renewal of contract) has broken their toilet twice.Water has flooded from my powder room into his po...
Chan K.
BP - MySmartMoves - Missed Detecting an Eviction
Hi BPer, For those who have been using MySmartMoves service through BP. Do you have any issue? The MySmartMoves background check has been my go-to place for tenant screening. Unfortunately, my previous screening, the ...
Jacob Bindler
Would the buy side agents do this?
Let say you are a buy side agent, and there is an advertising to conduct a 4 hour open house for a seller who sells on his/her own. Let's also assume that you are familiar with the area and have time on this particula...
Chris Bounds
Business Reboot
Hi everyone!My wife and I have officially rebooted our real estate business. I wanted to post the details in case it can help others.It also serves as a little bit of accountability for us. BackgroundI started purchas...
Greg Jeanfreau
House Hack Rental or Disposal Dilemma
Hello all, My wife and I are currently in an interesting situation with our investments and we are trying to come up with the best plan of action to proceed. For the last 8 years or so, we have been living in a 2/3 of...
Marcia Maynard
Weird Crimes....What's your story?
Just when you think you've heard it all....On Easter Sunday one of our elderly tenants was enjoying the good weather and had his front door open. A woman who he had never seen before walked into his apartment and went...
Parker Stiles
Quickbooks online or desktop?
My wife is going to start doing our books. She has bought Quickbook Destop 2016 for a Mac computer. Each time we talk to the quickbook support team, they are pushing us to buy the online version. Who uses Quickbooks d...
Matthew G.
To refinance a primary residence to rent with a higher rate in order cash flow in California?
The heart of this question is the tolerance with different investor strategies regarding positive cash flow vs. appreciation potential.
This scenario is probably more common in California due to the difficult...
RJ Dixon
Escrow dispute with Financial contingency
Hello BP! So I have a dispute with a seller trying to hold on to my earnest money. The money is only 5k but still. We had in place a financial contingency and Both lenders denied the funding for that property. I was t...