Sam Leon
Multi-family trash cart set out to curb side for collection
For a small multi-family property such as a fourplex, how do other landlords who do your own property management handle the city trash collection services?Here the tenants share the waste carts. Two carts for regular...
Ron Todd
Advice for motel converted to long term rental?
Hi BP!I'm looking at purchasing a motel that was converted to 10 long term rentals. I'd appreciated any advice or gotchas if anyone has seen something similar. The numbers seem good enough at first glance for some fur...
Kay March
Tenants taking care of repairs. Should I worry?
My new tenants seem to want to take care of repairs themselves. They are a couple in their seventies, so I see their obvious aversion to having the landlord coming around to take care of things as evidence of their de...
Joshua Dorkin
Survey: Should we Require Avatars to Participate on BP?
Do you guys think that uploading a personal profile image (avatar) should be a pre-requisite for participating on the forums, blog system, properties directory, etc. here at BiggerPockets?
Just curious . . . thoughts?
Eric James Slater
Is “cool” important to renters and can you get more for it?
Granted, I’m just starting off with this home buying thing. That said, style is important to me. I’ve built 10 artisan brick oven bakeries. 25 brick ovens. And a Food Truck Park with bar and stage, servicing 13 indivi...
Shauna Mundy
Vacation Rental cleaning process
Hello all!We are looking into buying a VR and will need to use a cleaning company to do change overs. I have a few questions for people who use them:1. How does your cleaning company handle linen- do they wash it and ...
Mark Douglas
Do you have separate bank accounts for each property??
Hello all,I'm on the cusp of closing on my first property ^^ and I want to have as much in place as I can.I know I'm going to open up a second checking account for this first property, to keep it separate from my pers...
Joshua Springer
Any legal/financial reason to have mortgage under LLC
My first rental I put under an LLC with a partner, my second was conventional with my wife, the next one i'm working on with my LLC partner should be moving forward soon. I originally had anticipated putting the loan...
Sam Askar
Building 20 units next to a university
I am a build and hold investor. We usually build 4 plexus and build and sell SFHs. We came a cross this lot from another deal we had Previously made with the seller after we bought 14 lots from him. He mentioned that ...
Devin Scott
Keeping your money organized
Using the 50% rule as an example, on a house that rents for $850.So $425 goes to expenses/vacancy. Is it best to deposit this portion in a separate bank account? So for those that have multiple properties, are you usi...