Kari M.
Vacancy in January in MN
Our tenant (of 4 years) wants to break her lease. This would leave us with a vacancy on January 1st. I am concerned about getting a quality renter in the winter. This sfr shows much better when there is not snow on th...
Radwan Safa
Tenant Social Security Income
I finally purchased my first investment property and am in the tenant screening phase for one of the two units. The property is a duplex , 3br/1ba per unit, in a C class neighborhood. Rent is $995 with a minimum qua...
Christopher Lane
Forward thinking - Planning for the future
Hey gang, I have a question to pertaining to the business side of REI. When do you find it necessary to hire people to do things like accounting, incorporating LLC's, acquisitions, (if you own out of state do you have...
Tyler Leonard
Advice for refinancing 5 properties purchased my first year
Hi, I am brand new to the forum and from what I have read so far it seems like a wonderful resource for real estate investors. I recently graduated from college (May 2014) and quickly started investing in multi-famili...
Dat Chung
How Do I Begin?
First and foremost, how do I begin? I'm 20 years old, work an hourly job, and have very little saved up. I was looking online, and getting a fourplex, renting out three of the spaces and living in one of them, and cre...
Courtney Cook
New Investor Seeking Advice - Nashville/Birmingham
Hi! I'm fairly new to the BP community, have been listening to the podcast since January, watching the webinars, bought most of the books and am currently reading Brandon's "How to Invest in Real Estate." I'm looking ...
Matt C.
Allowing handyman to enter when a tenant is not there
Hello BP Forums, I've have lived in apartments where I usually let maintenance fix the issues when i am not there or at work.Now, renting out properties my property manager and handyman do not like doing that and want...
Kim Davis
Newbie Here - Learning about financing
Hi Everyone!! I'm Kim from NC! I recently sold a company and that has given me freedom to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. I have accidentally fallen into real estate. I convinced my dad to go in halv...
Joseph Niedermeyer
Building (literally) a rental portfolio
I’m in a unique situation. I’m seasoned in the construction industry and a general contractor license is in my not too distant future. My day job is building material sales (lumber, doors, windows, drywall, block, shi...
Takira Williams
Property Managment question
As a landlord would you rather hire a Property Manager or be your own Property Manager? why?