Hello My Fellow BP Members,             So I have a friend, who is in desperate need of a place to live. He doesn't make enough to pay the rent on his own, but is moving in with his Grandma as well, who receives a Soc...

Greetings! First off, thank you for taking the time to read my post. I don't create a discussion often so I'm excited about this.I've researched a couple of threads here but couldn't really get a pinpoint answer. I'm ...

BPers!I'm closing on a 4 plex in a C neighborhood.  Two of the tenants have fairly maintained their units but the other two have trashed theirs (hoarders).  Both of these tenants have been in the units for 20-30 years...

Hello Everybody,I am new to RE, and as of late it has become one of my passions. While I really want to get into it, I am wondering if it is the best course of action for me at this point in my life. I have recently g...

Hello bigger pockets familyI have a problem My areas rents have increased far past my own mentality In assessing the valuesI have properties in Decatur GaZillow and rent ometer say that I should be charging 900-1300 o...

Economic Update
(Labor Day Edition)
This crazy bizarre year will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most challenging times of our lives. A worldwide pandemic, social distancing, facemasks, a recession, histori...

So I have been going around and attending many different networking and REI Clubs in the Chicago area. Some I have found useful, others I wouldn't call a club but more an infomercial for the guru pitching a product. S...

Hi, I'll try to keep this short. We have had a 60 year old single female renter since 12/18. We have since found out that she is an alcoholic. Most recently, she was drunk and was yelling out the window that she was l...

Just drove by a pre-foreclosure that’s also an inherited property (double whammy). Spoke to the executor of the will. It has mold issues, roof issues… huge rehab. She said she would accept the first offer I gave her (...

I had texted my tenant a week or so ago asking when she was going to be able to pay her April and May rent since shed told me that she would be paying it weeks ago. I got a text from her son on her phone today saying ...