My landlord is withholding my security deposit cause he says i smoked in rental.plus $2500 for painting. Can he do this? I am a smoker but I only smoked outside and garage by the doorways,never in house. No where in l...

Just purchased an investment property built in about 1960.  We've just about finished repainting the interior, but there is a persistent (what I call) "old house" smell.  It's not from a former smoker, and it doesn't ...

Hey everyone. I lost my dad almost 2 years ago and my mother has never worked. When he passed she received 100K in life insurance money. She isn't real interested in doing flips so I mentioned to her about getting int...

Why should an investor work with a wholesaler over a real estate agent on the purchase of distressed properties? If you're an investor looking to buy distressed properties, you may be wondering whether to work with a ...

I ran across this article this morning on Business Insider.  It is painted with broad strokes, but it still has some data that could be troubling or encouraging depending on which side of the fence you sit.  I just wa...

Hey BP,So, my sister seems to have encountered one of those landlords that @Joshua Dorkin always talks about giving everyone else in this business bad names. She is a college student in Alfred, NY (upstate) and her of...

Hi everyone,
I am in the middle of renovating a 1600 square foot rowhome so that I can start renting it out. Having been built in 1890, the walls are all lath and plaster. The house has been vacant for a few years a...