Hi I own a duplex and have been having trouble renting one side of the unit.What would you do? We recently received a tenant lead from an individual with questionable sources of income and limited rental history (disc...

I am thinking of moving out of my primary home in bay area to a second home (that I already have). The current primary home if I rent it out is in top schools and desired location but will NOT be cashflow positive. I ...

Hey I’m interested in purchasing a property with a fireplace.I’d love to hear anyone’s experience with having a fireplace in a rental. Horror stories are welcome. Just trying to see what I may or may not be getting ...

So, we have our very first property ready to rent (after a 3 month rehab where we did most of the work) and just before the holidays, a passerby stopped by and stated that she would love to rent our house. My husband ...

One of the most frequent posts in the forums is a recommendation request for an agent or hard money lender. While these requests are against our rules due to the self-promotional responses they generate, we realize th...

Due diligence is "scary" and time-consuming, I've seen people ask "how to do due diligence" so I thought I would share “my method” after 12+ years as a consultant.
I'll like to start by giving you my thoughts on wha...

I currently have a 3.625% VA loan on a home that was my primary residence for two years and I recently moved out of it. I spoke to a few loan officers and they've recently closed IRRRLs around 2.8-2.9%. However, I gue...

Hey everyone!If someone has already answered this question somewhere and could point me in the right direction, that'd be great! Otherwise.... My situation is as follows: I used the VA loan to get a property. The sell...

Hey BP Community, First time flipper and I need your help! I have a house under contract I’m planning to flip and I’m about to close on. I bought the house (about 1500 sq ft) for 80k in the 30032 zip code of Decatur w...

I've been analysing a ton of deals in Cleveland area for buy-and-hold and the biggest variable that I have not been able to efficiently estimate is the property taxes.  I notice that on some sites, they estimate taxes...