Brigitte Beauchat
DESPERATE NEED of landlord help
Hello! I am brand new to BiggerPockets and semi new to real estate in general. I am a real estate agent and landlord to one property in Northwest PA. The property is a 2/1 single family in an alley. I have had a tenan...
Rich Weese
National security threats. Which is the worst?
Simple poll-
Which of the following in your mind is the most threatening to our National security? In alphabetical order.
1. national debt
2. rogue nations
3. terrorism
4. unsecured borders
These are al...
Jennifer Moraski
Switch to self management of STR?
I own a single Cabin in a vacation town in WA state that I use as a family vacation home and STR. When I first bought it 5 years ago I lived 2 hours away, had never owned an STR before and worked full time so it made ...
Julie Marquez
Military Tenant Going on Deployment
So I understand that a tenant has the right to break a lease with military orders, but our rental agreements are M2M with this move-in fee caveat.For example: Rent $1650. Refundable deposit $825. Non Refundable Move I...
Amy Solomon
Contractor fee to walk through property before bid is placed?
With our old contractor, years ago, we'd walk through a property right before we placed the bid, so we could see if my calculations for the renovation were on spot. He'd give me ideas, show me ways we could avoid/...
David Bowles
New purchase, current tenant is not current on rent
Hi Guys! I recently had a seller (another investor) agree to a 45k purchase price (cash) on a house with ARV of 60k. The house had a full gut rehab 4 years ago when this investor bought it. The current tenant is “all ...
Andrey Y.
401k scam or not? Taking the plunge..
I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...
Dale K Poyser
Best cities for RE Investing in Southern California
Hi BiggerPockets Community - pretty new to the site and forums. I am not sure if this has been posted already, if it has then my apologies in advance and please point me to that thread.I've been looking at different R...
Aaron McGinnis
Flip blog - The heart attack house
With apologies to J Scott - typically, my team and I refer to our houses by the street number. In this case, we have two houses side-by-side, and referring to them by the street number is confusing everyone... so we'r...
Ken Latchers
Landlords - What are all your practical Money savers?
I thought it would be nice to have a collecting point for day to day money/time savers for rentals. Some things I do or have seen on the forum so far:
Remove storm doors.
Advertise rentals on craigslist
Remove or lo...