We have a vacancy, an upcoming open house, and a whole bunch of dog smell. I'm looking for input on a couple fronts.I need to start with background. We closed on this duplex a week ago. We agreed to let one tenant out...

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I am new to the real estate game, looking for our first fourplex now, just got pre-approved. Background: employed (w-2) as a physician, wife is a stay at home mom, also very interested in real estate an...

I moved in Sep 1st but did not sign the lease yet now that i have read the lease and i don't agree with some of the terms that were unclear to me when I paid the security deposit one month ago.my landlord has old outd...

I've found a management company that takes 10% of the monthly rent, plus the first month's rent for newly found tenants. Have any of you used similar services? What were your experiences with and without property mana...

I wanted to get your thoughts, idea's and strategies involving investment properties built prior to 1978.  The lead based paint laws are tightening in Maryland... Do you avoid pre 1978 properties for long term buy, ho...

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I'm following another investor who's completed somewhere in the range of 50-100 rehabs in a major metro market.
He will do major rehab work while the homes are under contract, BUT before he clos...

I know people on BP in different markets will have different experiences than someone like me in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  But instead of doing it myself, which I have done many times.  This time, I had a local plumbin...

Howdy Houston REI's,I thought I will hear stories from investors and landlords from the GREAT TEXAS Winter Storm but surprised didn't see much. Anyway, let me get started and share my story and lesson learned.Yes we a...

I have an up-down duplex (2bed/1bath per unit) that I'm currently house hacking in NE Minneapolis, MN. The laundry is in the basement, however, the only way the upper unit can get to the basement is either through the...

It's been a bit of a surprise to me that, in spite of what I thought was a huge bubble last year, both real estate and stocks all kept rising.  Once COVID hit, I was sure that would prick the bubble and start the down...