Hi all! My first question on BP!I'm looking at an old flat in my local area that I'm considering as my first purchase in real estate investment. It's in Lisbon, Portugal where I live. I have these pictures of the floo...

Most Important Landlord Tip

THE WAY YOU TREAT PEOPLE WILL AFFECT YOUR SUCCESS.

The old saying applies: You Reap What You Sow. Of all the tips there are for landlords, the way you treat people is probably the most im...

Hey all,My partners and I have big plans--feel free to check out my profile page for a little background info relevant to the below discussion.My team and I just got off our weekly conference call. We checked in on s...

I am constructing a tenant application and looking at others I noticed that some applications have spaces for bank account information and credit references. Do you recommend putting those on there? Wouldn't pulling t...

Hey BP, I have a up-down duplex in Provo, Utah. The basement tenants heard gurgling in the toilet when the washing machine was running upstairs. Initially thought it was a vent blockage, but we had a camera run throug...

I have my eye on a property in which the foundation on one side of the duplex has crumbled due to run off from the hill to the rear of the building. So much so the kitchen floor towards the back of the house sank in a...

The Goal: My sister and I have a property tied up with the (possibly harebrained) plan to clean, paint, carpet, create an unpermitted “flag lot” with fencing, and fix a plumbing issue (10k), place tenants ($1,350/mont...

What do guys think about the Chicago market?? Is it still gonna be on the rise or is there a chance of it crashing?? From the information I’ve collected it seems that it’s on the rise since the foreclosures sales are ...

Hello all!  I just joined the site after sitting through a free 2-hour Real Estate investing seminar where I decided to sign up and pay for the full weekend-long seminar in a few weeks.  Now doing a bit of due diligen...

Let's say you made a couple hundred thousand in net taxable income from house flipping and you're holding some of that cash through the end of the year until you find another property, so 1031 is off the table.  Other...