Every year it gets cold in NE Ohio - with many homes and apartment doors to manage these days, it is important to have a method of properly diagnosing maintenance request via phone without immediately sending someone ...

For my house hackers and rent by roomers: how do you handle maintenance in common areas such as kitchen, bathrooms, etc.? How do you determine who is responsible for repairs if the areas are shared? 
I just moved out...

Hi All!I recently closed on my first deal this past weekend. It is a property that is located out of state, about 2-3 hours from where I live.The numbers are the following:Purchase Price: 70kDownpayment: 14k (20%)Clos...

Hi All,I have all of the legal documents I need from https://www.wilegalblank.com/. It briefly goes over some tenant / landlord responsibilities, however I don't think it's very clear. Has anyone created a one-page do...

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I am looking for a list of questions to ask a tenant when they calls in a Maintenace Request in order to help them fix the issue themselves.  For example, when the season's change every year we get...

Hello BP Community,I am looking at  a turnkey property in the DFW area. There has been a considerable amount of foundation work done (addition for piers, leveling, etc). Is this common problem in older homes in Texas?...

Hey guysI’m currently reading through the bigger pockets selection of books right now and I am in college. However, I don’t want to just be the friend who brags they read a book a week but doesn’t apply anything. With...

Hi everyone.Side note- I am working towards getting my first property and I plan to house-hack. Personally, I do not know how to repair anything. I can paint but I don't have skills to even change a door handle. My bo...

The property in question is a Condo that is bank owned and is practically rent ready. It is a bank foreclosure but it has a monthly HOA fee of 230. Should properties with these sort of fees be avoided?