Andreas W.
Anybody tried rent due on the 5th in order to avoid late payment?
There is always a group of tenants who pay rent late often or even most of the time. I understand that life from paycheck to paycheck is hard to manage financially. I was wondering, why not have rent due when the payc...
Jim Banville
Buying metro tampa rental condo/house for 5 yrs make sense?
Ok. I'm new here and have never bought/owned an investment property. We live in Georgia. We will retire in about 5 years. We'd like to retire to west/central florida in a community like Dunedin. The price of housing a...
Adam Faber
How much would you pay for a virtual assistant?
Hey everybody! Quick question for you guys -So I know this isn't a new idea, and it's been floating around in my head for a while, is there a need for a good virtual assistant for vacation rentals? I'm talking about a...
Zach Mustafa
Windsor Hills or Storey lake for STR?
Hi,
Our family is interested in purchasing a home for STR in the Kissimmee area. We are between getting a 3 bedroom, 2 bath condo in Windsor hills (in the mid 300s) or a 5 bedroom 4 bath townhouse(in the mid 500s) in...
Ricardo R.
Wall Colors for Rental Units
Hi everyone. We are in the middle of remodeling our 2 bedroom units within an apartment building. Currently the wall colors in every unit is WHITE in satin and looks if it hasn't been painted since the 70's so lots of...
James Wilcox
My tenants just got up and left. Now what?
I have a rental property a few cities over from where I live. I have been trying to get ahold of my current tenants for almost two weeks to do a scheduled smoke detector/maintenance check on the property. I went over ...
Patrick Philip
What have your house rehabs looked like?
When rehabbing single-family homes. What is the general condition of the house when you buy it? And what do you add to it to get it above market value? What are the special features?
Dean Attali
Now (post-sale) plumber is asking for much higher than we agreed
Hi all,I'm very new to real estate investing - just joined BP in June and closed on my first rental property yesterday. It's a great SFH in an A area (Olathe, KS), inspection report came back very clean, everything lo...
Peter Stewart
Trying to determine if it makes sense to raise rent
I am determining what to do with a townhome I own in Inglewood, CA, and would love some input on my situation.The property has been a rental for me since January 2011 and I've had the same tenant the entire time. She'...
Bryan Hancock
Carnage - And Beyond
It has been a while since I posted. The last 15 months have been pretty traumatic. In April of last year I found out my wife is cheating on me and she ending up running off with someone from work. Cue the stereotyp...