Aaron Bostelle
Is buying in this city suicide? And other life choices.
The city in question is Reading Pennsylvania. I'm looking to buy my first owner occupant rental property. My experience is essentially nil so let me get you in on my thought process so you can critique it:In no partic...
Dwayne Jones
Do you remember when you decided to become a real estate investor
I just wanted to hear how some of you got started in real estate investing. Were you up at night watching infomercials? Did you see a friend investing? For me my parents owned real estate and as a child I saw a lot of...
Frank Caputo
What do I do next?!
Hello Bigger Pockets.! This'll be the first question i have asked on this website and boy is it a doozy. So I just moved into the Fayetteville NC area about a month and a half ago, I'm in the military but looking for ...
Shahriar K.
Canadian, bought first property in US
This is a few month late but I think its time I share my success story here. Although not my first rental property I have purchased( I have purchased 2 other in BC Canada before), but it is the first property that I p...
Chibueze Nwadigo
Sneaky tenants caught on Airbnb
Hello guys, so long story short, recently found out on Airbnb that my tenants listed my property on Airbnb which is a violation of the lease and could get evicted but I am thinking like a business man. My question is ...
Andrew Miskovich
Turbo Tenant....does anyone use it? Pros/cons
Planning ahead with a fixer up condo.
Several units in my complex are using "Turbo Tenant " for advertising and screening. Would like some BP community comments and Pro/Con assessment of this service. It's advertise...
Erik Stenbakken
Electronic / online house guidebook / handbook
What are you all doing for an electronic house guidebook / welcome book / house manual? I know I could send all of the info in an email, PDF or list it all on the hosting platform. But that would be tedious for the gu...
Michael Badin
Partner Buyout with new LLC Multiple Transfer Taxes??
Hi all, I have a situation that I am trying to avoid. If anyone has ever run into it before or knows how to avoid it your knowledge would be greatly appreciated.So my father-in -law and his former business partner ha...
Christian Hubbs
Data, tools, and API's for Property Data
Hi everyone,I am wondering where you go for your data. I'm looking into multi-family units in Pittsburgh and I've been working with the Zillow API using the ZillowR package but keep running into a 501 error (Protected...
Austin Smith
Best way to run financial operations for landlord business
Hello BP'ers Just wanted to gain insight on how you run your rental business in regards to finance operations. Do you accept rent payment electronically? Did you open up a separate bank account to track income/expense...