Courtney Nguyen
How often do you pressure wash exterior/parking lot of your commercial property?
Hi BP community,I manage a multi-tenant retail strip (9 units). The property is fairly new (4 years old). I am seeing some black spots in sidewalks, curbs, some dirt built up in parking lot so I am thinking it's tim...
Drew Osifalujo
Screening Your Own Tenant w/ Property Management Company
I have property that i have recently rehabbed and that I am about to being marketing for tenants through my PM. While I am a big fan of using a PM for day to day activities, the first month's rent that is charged fo...
Aaron Zike
Coffee setup: K Cup or Pot?
Setting up a STR and looking for feedback on what the best choice for a coffee setup is. Not sure if a pot invites poor guest management of it and overuse of grinds than they need or if K Cups are just overpriced and ...
Jack Amheiser
What do Tenants 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 Care About?
Within the next year, I plan to purchase my first rental property. My goal is to buy a SFR with a tenant's wants/needs in mind. When it comes to renting, I know the characteristics I tend to look for in a property, an...
Cornelius Brady
Military & rental properties
Hey all! Green investor here.
Quick background: I've been in the Army for a year and a half and will be for the next 12 years before I have the opportunity to get out. I bought a single family home as my primary res...
Jim Kelly
Property management vs software vs doing it all myself.
I'm very new to the RE game at 31 years old I'm trying to start my big journey. Well I'm closing on my first property in 12 days and I'm trying to decide how I should structure the property management.My main concerns...
David VanWert
New Accredited RE Investor Advice/Info
Hello all, New to BP and REI in general and I am hoping to find some good resources and info so I can hopefully begin passive investing in apartments. Based on some initial research I think passively investing in a sy...
Yashank Choksi
Renting Out My First Property - Newbie Landlord
Hey there! Hope everyone is doing amazing.I am located in Charlotte, NC and I will be renting out my property for the first time somewhere around August. There are a couple of repairs that I will have to get done on t...
James Albrecht
Installing second boiler for small 2-unit
I'm curious to get feedback on whether it would be worth the expense to install a 2nd boiler / hot water heater for a small duplex so the tenants can be responsible for their own gas usage. There is currently one mid-...
Nick Smith
Cats.... so many cats!
I'm wrapping up a deal on a 2 bed, 1 bath house for $55,000 in the Midwest. The rent will be bumped up to $700 a month. After accounting for the mortgage, insurance, taxes, cap-ex, vacancy, and property management (bu...