I have been interested in real estate investment for 9 plus years, but have never been in a position financially to make it work. This year I decided I was going to make the jump into real estate investing and met wit...

So I'm going to need to rant for a second.

I have a few properties that are a buy and hold investment and I'm landlord. Most of them are run by a property management company which I could go on and on about t...

Long story short, I got locked out of my apartment for over 2 hours last night. The 6 month old Kwikset deadbolt wouldn't turn all the way. While waiting outside I googled some stuff and came up with people saying the...

I am so upset that I could cry.  My tenant notified me a couple weeks ago that "in the past week the dishwasher has been leaking".  She forwarded pictures to me showing that the pantry next to it has water damage so s...

I got an opportunity for (approx) a 50k personal loan from someone, their underwriters want to see a 680 FICO score and they will disregard income. I'm still building my credit at the moment so my score definitely isn...

I bought an old house “as is” with nasty dog peed on wood floors. Has anyone had any luck salvaging old wood floors that are stained with dog pee and smell like dogs? I’m just trying to do a cheap rehab and want to re...

Hi BP,I'm looking to purchase a 2-4 unit owner occupied property in an A/B neighborhood in the capital region of Upstate NY. How many hours/week would it take you to manage a property like this on your own? What techn...

So i’m considering looking into investing in section 8 In my area because there’s a few places where i noticed the fair market rent was a good deal higher than normal rent. This gave me the thought that it would be a ...

I posted this in the contractors forum, but wanted to get some landlords' advice on this too.  I need to talk to and hire a contractor as I'm preparing to convert my condo in Chicago into a rental. Most of the things...

I've been searching the market for probably 6 months now looking to buy my first investment property locally. I live 5 minutes outside of Penn State and with all the new events I'm deciding to hold off on buying anyth...