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Hi!We’re planning to rent our home when we move—but we know we will be moving out of state. Question is:Self manage out of state? OR Hire property manager and eat the costs until you have cash flow coming in? What’s t...
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I have a 2 unit under contract, the current owner told me tonight that the current tenants are month to month, but never signed a lease or gave security deposits. They haven't been late on any payments, but they are e...
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Hi All - I've been an investor for a few years with 6 flips under my belt but I'm moving to a buy and hold strategy due to flips becoming less profitable in my area. I'm closing on my first duplex in a few weeks and w...
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Hello BP Community,So I'll get straight to the point. My wife and I are planning on selling our current home so we can dramatically lower our mortgage with another house that is half the cost of our current mortgage. ...
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I am in little bit of mess right now... We bought this property where tenant was already in place and we assumed current lease. Soon we discovered tenant have pest issues in the property and also had history of paying...
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This is just something I wanted to post because I think a lot of new investors can benefit from this… I love the BP forums and reading from all their experience. However, I HIGHLY suggest you do your own due diligence...
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I am managing property for a client. The client would like their tenant to not use the garage as storage. She would like them to park their car in the garage. There are issues with congestion on the street and the hou...
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As a landlord I have had many successes and more than my share of nightmares. Every tenant a lesson, learn or repeat until learned, both the good and bad. I learned to take the opportunity of the proposed tenant p...
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After evicting my downstairs tenant from my duplex, I had to renovate the bathroom. I wanted to do as little as possible but we knew there was water damage in the flooring. Long story short it's been a full remodel do...