Property insurance seems to always be one of my biggest expenses. Most of my properties are replacement cost. The agent says the cost to rebuild is this number. Which is so much higher then I would ever be able to sel...

Hi BP Folks,One year since I started on BP, I've finally purchased my first Buy and Hold in Chicago Pilsen area. It's a 3 flat and is fully rented, due to my FHA loan guidelines, I will be moving in once one of the le...

My wife and I currently live in Hawaii. I am a college prof and she is a substitute teacher. We have spent the last two summers in Colorado to be closer to her family (May 7th - August 15th). The last two summers we l...

We purchased a 4br-2ba home on Mullett Lake in Northern Michigan and are ready to put it on the STR market. We’ve met with the three companies in the title line and a couple of others. We’re located in a less populate...

Good afternoon everyone, I have a property that was broken into today according to my tenant.  She said the police were at the house.  This is a safe area and neighborhood as well.  I have not discussed the details of...

Hello. Can someone please tell me if there is a list of common house hacking start up costs and expenses I should expect?   

Hey BP community. I come to you with a predicament that I'm hoping to get some outside perspective on. I'm a structural engineer with zero passion for my current career path. The only reason I studied engineering was ...

If you’re a landlord you’ve been trained to be leery of Section 8 housing. There is a negative stigma associated with the program and people who receive vouchers in the program. We recently had a panel at the SLO Real...

Greetings,  I am 36, father of a 3 year old boy. My wife and I have been thinking about investing in real estate for a while and have a small down payment to get started.  (Under 50k) I am working on the criteria and ...