I flip homes in the area by doing "minor" renovations. I don't do complete gut jobs.  I stick to tasks I am allowed to do (patch drywall, paint, replace fixtures, flooring, tile, and cabinets) and hire licensed contr...

Greetings:Within a particular area that I have a rental property; unfortunate, but true; the choice of property management is not that great.  What I mean is simply that there is fee based and percentage based and eve...

I seen this article in the Yakima Herald yesterday and was wondering what some of our Bigger Pocket members that know the market thought.http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/multifam...

got word thru my mgmt company that 2 fairly minor efforts need fixed at my rental.  (one board on deck is warped pretty bad and isn't sitting flush any more, i don't want someone to trip and two, drywall paper around ...

This is a quote from a licensed contractor, for a bathroom addition within existing house walls (storage room 12x10).Property location is in SF bay area.  Complications to this project are: braking concrete slub to pu...

I'm trying to transition away from managing all of my properties myself. Mostly that's going pretty well, but I'm running into one big problem. Every now and again, someone leaves a mess in one of my units. This can r...

Hey BiggerPockets future (or current!) millionaires, I am new to real estate investing and would love to hear the input of some veterans out there. I have a bit of cash saved up (about 45K), and I work at a blue-colla...

Hi BP. Am looking for good licensed and insured contractors in Bakersfield,Ca. To meet and greet and discuss future rehabbing. Any recommendations?

I'm one year into having a property manager take over one of our properties, it's mainly great because that income is now (almost) truly passive - probably requires less than 1 hr of time each month.However, my PM see...

I keep hearing that to become wealthy in real estate is "Don't be a flipper, be an investor.  Don't even touch a paintbrush."  Working on our first flip, we're doing most of the work ourselves.  Yes, it's taking longe...