Is there anybody here who allows tenants with bad credit, but charges extra rent/deposit? The standard advice is simply to not rent to tenants with bad credit. But can you make extra money by taking on the extra risk,...

Hi,I am looking into invest in San Antonio, TX. Since I am an out-of-state investor, I need some recommendations in which areas in San Antonio to invest. My priority would be 1. Safety2. Schools Basically, anything th...

Hello All-So I recently purchased a condo (2/2 1k sq ft ground floor apartment) at foreclosure auction here in Wilmington NC.  It  was quite inexpensive so I feel good about that, BUT  I have two concerns and would lo...

tl;dr Soon to be newbie self managing. I'm scared to death of lawfully having to choose a borderline acceptable tenant over a highly qualified one. Made a scorecard to pick most qualified; pick it apart.So as I start ...

I am currently renting my 1 bd 1 ba apartment in downtown Chicago. I have a very noisy (mentally sick) neighbor living in the unit downstairs. He's a miserable lad who used to be a wife beater and we called cops on hi...

My home city of Sioux Falls, SD made the list for the best city to flip houses according to Wallethub. I will admit that I never heard of Wallethub before this hit the news. I was surprised because our house prices ar...

POLL: What are the areas to NOT invest in in Pittsburgh and the surround areas? This can be defined at C- or below areas that are the biggest headaches. There is a lot of speculation in the market today with the "next...

I've had people who want to put in a fence, tear down walls, want me to remove my appliances so they can put theirs in, etc. Today I had a tenant want me to install a chain at the back door so that I couldn't get in. ...

I purchased a run-down rooming house that had questionable tenants in it. After all the tenants left either by eviction or on their own I renovated the house into very nice apartments.  After a fairly anal screening p...

Hello BP community,Here is my property analysis of the day. Ideally, the tenants would pay all utilities but I've added them just in case. I added $30 a month for snow removal. Is this a reasonable cost to add for som...