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Becca Brown Thoughts on AI in Property Management? Laziness or Necessity?
19 October 2025 | 26 replies
But when it comes to tenant relationships, empathy, and problem-solving, that’s where the human element still matters most.The agents we built with Pathwaize handle the repetitive and time-sensitive parts, like answering inquiries instantly, confirming appointments, or sending reminders.
Account Closed Rise48 Preferred Equity Fund / Capital Call?
22 October 2025 | 20 replies
Based on what I saw of the projections, this preferred equity investment will likely be instantly wiped out as well.I know that there are a lot of ambitious capital raisers on this platform who have raised for Rise48 and I encourage you to please think about your investors before promoting bad investments again.
Andy Sabisch Question on enforcing cleanliness of a unit
16 October 2025 | 9 replies
Sidewalks should have no weeds or grass growing in any cracks.HOUSEKEEPING INSPECTIONSWhen the Landlord or agent visits the unit or conducts a maintenance inspection, the Landlord will schedule a follow-up housekeeping inspection if there are concerns that these minimum standards are not being met.Landlord will advise Tenant of the specific correction(s) required to establish compliance, and also advise the date that the dwelling will be re-inspected for corrections.
C Rutherford Small property owners leasing: Application fees, credit checks and background checks?
14 October 2025 | 11 replies
(Stay away from instant results)You get cleaner, verified data (income, ID, rent history).It’s definitely worth exploring.
Katherine Perez New to STR
9 October 2025 | 23 replies
@Katherine Perez if its two dwelling units how does it pencil as a LTR? 
Helen Ho How often clients request staging? Is it necessary
8 October 2025 | 2 replies
And that's a possible downside of virtual staging: If the photos look amazing, but the actually property looks cold, empty, and sterile, there's a mismatch between expectation and reality, which can be an instant turnoff. 
Zeb Wallace California Fair Plan fire coverage - Dwelling or Commercial for 4 Plex Owned by LLC?
29 September 2025 | 2 replies
Hi folks,I'm in the home stretch of picking up a (very) expensive California Fair Plan (CFP) policy to get fire coverage for a 4 Plex since State Farm has dropped me.My questions is - CFP seems to classify 4 units or less as a "Dwelling" policy and 5 units or more as "Commercial", but they also seem to say that "Business owned" properties are Commercial. 
Peter Firehock The Short Term Rental Loophole
20 October 2025 | 16 replies
As long as you don't run afoul of Section 183 (which is chunk of law that says you need to be doing STR thing to make profit) and don't get torpedoed by Section 280A (which provides the mixed used dwelling rules), sure, STR still works.But my guess is, based on question, that one of the above chunks of tax law probably does blow deduction in your situation.
Carol Burns Who do you guys use for tenant screening?
7 October 2025 | 4 replies
Providers that combine data automation and human verification tend to deliver far more accurate, court-verified results than fully automated systems.In short — look for a screening solution that values accuracy over speed and uses multiple data sources reviewed by trained screeners rather than just instant database pulls.
Remington Lyman The Downfall of BiggerPockets Forums?
23 October 2025 | 276 replies
The commonality is the ability to sell a service where there is instant and tangible results regardless of whether they hold true value overtime.