All Forum Posts by: Karl B.

You identify a need, issue or problem/complaint a person is having and you offer to help them with it. 

If you solve a problem for someone or take care of something the person simply doesn't want to do themselves: you're adding value. 

And if you realllllly want to add value you can offer to do something you see that could be a potential issue.

When I worked in film I would always try to spot potential issues before they were a problem; Oh, look - we're running low on bags of beef jerky and I know that the grips will get pissy if there aren't any there for them to eat when they're on their afternoon break - better have catering head to Costco to buy some more bags of jerky snack. 

How does this story translate to real estate? Something like - I see the sidewalks in front of your rental property aren't shoveled and the city tends to ticket properties who don't shovel. I'll take care of this issue for you. And you can do so by telling the tenants to shovel, to shovel it yourself, to get the landlord shoveling quotes, etc. 

I dealt with this in my 20s. The builder built on beautiful lakefront land and skimped on sound-proofing. 

I complained to the HOA about the upstairs tenants and they claimed some guy in another building spent thousands attempting to soundproof and it didn't do any good.

The guy above me had wooden floors which were of course much louder than had it been carpeted. 

I would honestly go the lawyer route as HOAs are notoriously dumb. I'm totally jaded as the HOA I dealt with was so awful.

Honestly, if you're doing cash for keys simply be happy they're actually moving out.

I'm not a proponent of cash for keys but when I evict the place is never clean but I simply thank the universe they're out and that I can get the place ready for a good renter. 

Very cool. What a nice property! 

I propose you have a MMA tournament on the property featuring the most popular BP posters and podcasters as the fighters. I put my money on @David Greene

Drop it off at the local soup kitchen. :-)

I miss laughing at newly posted Clayton Morris memes. 

If I'm confident I'll get paid, I would. I would even help any of them find a job if they weren't already employed. 

Me, personally, if a tenant asked me nicely and with respect to wear a mask inside the property I would probably humor them and go ahead and wear it. 

Of course, any other unreasonable requests like: can we get a new fridge? or could you repaint the front door? - would be met with a simple 'No'. 

For me... tenants not reporting water leaks. I've become more proactive in checking the water meters from time to time and when it's constantly moving I investigate. But it's a major pain. For some reason when I ask all tenants if there's a leak or a drip half the time they'll say no when there clearly is. 

I just stopped a leak in one of my 4-units by having the plumber replace all the old toilets and by replacing any dripping sinks. I despise wasted water and higher bills.

In most rental markets the landlord provides a fridge. Though the one year I rented as an adult (when I moved back to Los Angeles) our landlord told us fridges are dirty and we would have to bring our own. 

Since it was a good deal ($1950 for a 3-bedroom in the Fox Hills area of Los Angeles) we were fine with it. It also helped that the apartment building had an elevator!