Jake Jefferies
Realtor/Prop Manager/Investor from Palo Alto, CA (Silicon Valley)
New member who lives in Palo Alto, CA. Realtor and property manager in the silicon valley, mostly property management. We manage around 600 doors from South San Jose to San Mateo. We have a satellite office in Denver ...
Amanda M Laird
Keep my contractor or look for somebody new??
Hello fellow BPers :-)So Im in a dilemma (or at least I think I am). I have used the same contractor for two of my renovations so far. I pay him $50/hr. I play the role of the general contractor in terms of I usua...
Scott Ball
What state to invest? All cash, no loan
We are property investors from Australia - we can't qualify for a loan since we have no credit history, so the 1st property will be all cash.
We are just after a hassle free, 'no-brainer' rental to get us started w...
John Warren
Help! First late rent
Hello everyone!My wife and I closed our first deal on the 7th on our new four unit property which is fully occupied. One of the tenants is a co-worker, which was not something I was terribly excited about initially, b...
Hernan B.
Managing my property manager
Hello,I have a question about how to go about managing my property manager. The first property I bought was a four unit building located in a rougher area of Milwaukee (not extremely horrible). Going into it, I knew t...
Paul J.
Why would a renter *want* to be evicted rather than give up possesion?
I'm a new investor. I have a duplex and I have some inherited tenants on a month to month. I served them 30 days notice for a multitude of reasons, but of course on paper decided to go with a 30 day termination of...
Sanjay Bhagat
Track record of Syndicate
1) Is there a syndicate/s in BP which has gone through all the 4 real estate life cycle (recovery, expansion, hyper-supply, and recession) ?
2) What is their track record of delivering what they promise to deliver i...
Troy P.
Max Age for Buy and Hold Properties?
After reading (and thoroughly enjoying) HOLD: How to Find, Buy, and Rent Houses for Wealth, one of my takeaways from the material was a quote from a long-time investor that says he only purchases 4 bedroom single fami...
Achraf El Churafa
Owning Rental Out of State - Challanges Cleveland OHIO
Hi BPersI have been on this site around a year, and had great help from lots of members here. What i noticed many ppl post their success stories how they started, how the bought their 1st property and then grew a nice...
Sofiya Cherni
Incentives for tenants with chronic late payments
Tenants usually pay on the first Friday of the month. I’ve had them for 2+ years, 0 payments were received on the first of the month. I don’t send out late rent notice nor eviction notice, they are my literal neighbor...