I’m consistently asked if I am a “private” landlord, or whether or not I own the property. While I never volunteer the information, I don’t lie when asked. Why is it important to tenants to know if I own the place or ...

Hello All, 
Renovating my first property and I made a rookie mistake, a major one--I found out that my first contractor (who came recommended) is unlicensed in California!!!
I am two weeks into redoing several of th...

It seems that everyone has an opinion about whether to rent to people with pets.   How effective is it to require additional monthly rent for a pet?  Can anyone tell me if charging a pet deposit or additional monthly ...

I am traveling this week and next. I was working in a hotel room yesterday (wow, that sounds bad) and checkout was noon. I ended up leaving at 12:06, not a huge deal, but I can see people still in the room at 12:15, 1...

Years ago, I had a tenant who's toilet got plugged - but they continued to use it until it overflowed on a weekend and I was the only maintenance guy we had. It was the last toilet I ever worked on... and probably th...

Hello BP members,I was not able to immediately salt the driveway this morning, and I received a quite threatening text from my tenant about the "icy" driveway ("...my brother in law is a lawyer!....").   I personally ...

I live in a 3 unit building and I have discovered it is possible to add two ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units) to my property in California. I currently have a $1MM loan @ 2.25% fixed for 30 years so this is a keeper for...

Economic Update
(Monday, March 29, 2021)
This pandemic has really exposed the fault lines in our workforce demographics. It has exposed the divide between those who can work from home and those who can’t (deemed e...

Hi BP community. I've been struggling with something recently that I was hoping to gain perspective on from those who have been there and are more experienced than I.I've been working exclusively with an agent for the...

David and Brandon, I was thinking about why women who were asked would not want to appear on the podcast. Then i wrote out two different posts about ways to be more woman friendly, and then I was afraid to come off bi...