Anybody have experience with remodeling a back patio area for a rental property? I purchased a triplex in Philadelphia (near Temple University). The bottom unit has access to a decent-sized back patio (about 28’x17’)....

I'm trying to get a furnace to blow warm air, right now its only blowing cold air. I believe the problem is that the pilot light is not ignited. The instructions on the furnace say that it is an auto-ignite. Should th...

Tenant Screening - Now more important than ever! This has always been the a crucial part of the rental process, but now landlords and Property Managers should be even more meticulous because the CDC Moratorium has bee...

Ok, so I am a renter, and we are about to sign our 2nd yr lease. The thing is, when we checked the place out the carpet looked fine, it smelled of dog but they had just carpet cleaned. So the carpet looked fine. After...

I am looking for recommendations on basic software for tracking expenditures, purchases, and deposits for a realestate investing LLC which I recently formed. I have been using Wave for a couple of days and, while the ...

This was an older single family home in a rough part of northern Phoenix with high vagrant traffic. The home had sat empty for a couple months while we did some sewer line replacements. It was cleaned up and updated n...

Hey BP!

What's the grossest or weirdest thing you've found after a tenant moved out?

I'll go first: we had a tenant who was evicted and kindly left us baggies of human excrement tied to the door knobs. Extremely cl...

I have a 30 unit mobile home park in NC. All but two units are park owned. I have several problems I'm not really sure how to handle. The park was purchased 4 years ago and the purchase did not include any leases for ...

Hi BP,I'm trying to move away from spreadsheets for managing my RE. I have rentals I hold and I also have a small, active flipping business. I checked out STESSA and the platform looks nice and I like that it's free b...

Hi there, I'm looking to buy a home in Sayulita (a neighboring town of Puerto Vallarta). Goal would be a small unit, close to the beach, where I can live a few months and rent out the rest. Prefer something close to t...