I live in a town where one side of the railroad tracks is "good" and the other is "bad". The majority of  my town are renters and there is a fair amount of mobile homes. I'm a Dave Ramsey listener and he is totally ag...

Hi BP rock stars,
I am aware that in Halifax NS, the tenant is not required to provide SIN. Under this condition, how do you usually conduct background and credit check if the applicant is not willing to disclose thi...

Hi BP, I have a tenant with a 2 yr lease that started the beginning of this year.  She has already been late on rent 3 times so far.   I've been sending her notices of late rent every time and this has continued to ha...

Hi BP friends, Since I have 5 rooms available in the upstairs portion of our huge Victorian, and I'd like to save some more money toward buying our second investment property, I've decided to rent out the rooms upstai...

How do you guys handle appliances in single family homes? Provide them, provide some, none, charge more for them?

Hi investors,My first tenant moved out after 7 years and it is costing me $7-8k to fix!  What's your average move-out reno cost?  And how many years of cash flow is it wiping out?  This is my first move-out and I"m fi...

I have been doing a lot of searches on the BP forum about appliances for rental properties. I am really surprised to see that some landlords do not provide appliances. I am located in New Hampshire and I have never re...

A fellow investor recently said to me, "I want a 60 year old renter because they're stuck in their ways and I want them to be stuck in my home." If this is the target renter, you'd have to have single-story homes with...

Situation: I've got this deal I'm working on where a shortsale was initiated by the current owner. The sales price ($37,000) was approved by the lender and we made an offer for $35,000 that was accepted. I got the...

Hello. This company, National Real Estate Insurance Group, offer coverage at competitive rates. I have been trying to find someone who has used them and has made a claim with them. I would feel a lot more comfortab...