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Hello Everyone! I’m a newbie here on BP (podcast listener just never took the step to engage on here). I’m from NYC (family is still there) and recently moved to Chicago for work. I’m in one of those rotation programs...
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Every ethical landlord has a method for selecting tenants that profits his business while operating fairly.
What percentage of potential tenants have you considered low-grade? Where do the low-grade tenants go when t...
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I am new investor and curious about the effectiveness of cold calling motivated sellers lists. I've been cold calling for the past two weeks mainly using pre-foreclosure lists. I find that I'm calling numbers that don...
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Hello BP, fam! So I'm in the process of purchasing a single family in Massachusetts and would love to get any input on the topic of converting a single family into a 2 family. The home is about 1800 sq.ft both units w...
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For your rental properties, any repairs to the house do you charge your tenants? Do you pay for them on your own? Thanks
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Hello, I continue to question my investment in Laguna Niguel CA. I purchased a 3 bdrm condo for $365,000 in Dec 2009 with 20% down. I now have a 4% loan but pay $280 in HOA fees monthly. I did about $16,000 in i...
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I do not intend to charge my tenants a pet deposit or monthly pet rent. Was thinking of a pet fee in the amount that a deep clean would cost? Carpet cleaning and house cleaning. Would $250 be reasonable and if the cle...
I have a rental townhome on the market. There are four tenants, all in their mid 20s. Three are qualified and one is not qualified. These tenants are two non-married couples. In the past, I’ve only rented to famili...
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Hi my name is Courtney. I live and work in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I’m originally from Ottawa, Ontario. I’m currently working full time for the Government of Canada. Im a trained Architectural Technologist. While I’m cu...
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I’m an agent with a traditional buy/sell broker. We are allowed to lease property, but my broker does not do property management as one of its allowed functions. I’m very interested in building a property management b...