I want to focus this post on issues that have cost me money that were avoidable.#1 Fires, I have lost three homes to fires. Two were caused by humans. I should have insured the homes, sold them, or done something to m...

I had heard about tenants like this, but these are the first ones of my own. The Constant Complaint tenants. I just sat down to make a list of the many complaints they have expressed to me in the past year of their te...

I purchased my first rental property in mid-February. Manufactured home on 3 acres. Hours after closing I signed my tenant. Worked out perfectly and my tenant has been awesome. For example tenant has painted the inter...

Does anyone ever feel bad for offering low on a property? I have one I'm looking at, the asking price is at $45,000 but with needed rehabs, I see it only making sense if I offer $10,000. I feel like I'm insulting the ...

I see that its loved by some and dreaded by others! What are the reasons for this? 

This is kind of a long story so I will just shorten it tremendously.My previous tenant (also my first real tenant, besides the previous owners of my multi-family home), was schizophrenic. She thought that my wife and ...

I've heard mixed answers, including in podcast 60 where they say they are not the owner, but the manager, of a rental property they own.

It is my understanding that if you are a licensed realtor(at least in F...

Good day BP.  I'm curious if anyone specializes or has had success renting to folks with not great criminal histories or bad credit histories, etc?  It sure seems there are LOTS of folks with less than great reputatio...

Renting to friends ? Yes or no ?

I closed on my first property, a SFH, at the end of last summer. I made repairs/improvements, defined my qualifications, thoroughly screened tenants, stuck to my guns, and got a good tenant in the fall. He pays rent o...