All Forum Posts by: Brian Barbarow

That’s certainly been the lesson learned here- get ‘em out before the financials get wrecked! 

I’m learning the lesson of compassion being taken advantage of

Fellow newbie here- Propstream would be a great place to start! You can use their 7 day free trial and just build up your list, and after your 7 days is done, use TruePeopleSearch.com to find phone numbers of the people you identified on Propstream. 

If that strategy works, then it’s $99 a month and they also have some add-ons to make the process more efficient. 

Thanks Tim- I used Zillow for applicants inquiring about my property, and logging into the Zillow Rental Manager now, the information is expired and I cannot review it any longer. I used Zillow to screen tenants because I thought this would be efficient, is there a preferred method you like to use?

Thanks Melanie- I would be open to selling the debt to a collector, I just don’t want to pay $3,200 to pursue in small claims court.

Thanks Nathan- I will look into taking them to small claims court on my own, representing myself. 

Greetings BP community! Newbie investor here, learning some lessons the hard way. I have over $11,000 in missing rent/late fees from a total of 5 tenants. Luckily they have all vacated the property, I am currently cleaning up their messes and making repairs to the property, but they are now obviously refusing to pay and just not replying to calls, texts and emails. I was using RentRedi to collect rent. I was quoted by a lawyer around $3,200 to pursue them in small claims court, but that’s also assuming I can figure out where they currently work (good chance they have bounced around jobs and would be hard to find) because they need to be “served” in person. 

I am posting here for anyone’s advice moving forward. I understand realistically I wont get all the missing money, but maybe and small portion from selling the debt to collections? Any words of wisdom is appreciated!

Thank you in advance!