This is what they say they do and how the do it. I would like to get into apartment complex ownership, but I have never done this before, I have only done SFH. They basically say they handle everything from locating t...

Hi fellow members,  I have a tenant who started his lease about a month ago, and paid rent, security deposit and pet fee with checks that bounced.  On top of that is making requests for cosmetic repairs.  I had filed ...

I have a family moving into one of my rentals today.  We signed the lease last week and were waiting to conduct the formal walkthrough till today. I allowed them to move a few things in prior to their official move i...

I think it would be more difficult for me to come up with good tenant stories, the horror stories come easy.

1. One of my tenants who I was evicting lived in a unit where I payed all of the utilities, he moved out in...

BP Nation,As a newbie, this is my first success story. My wife and I started our real estate odyssey in the winter of 2013. Since then it has been an amazing and wild experience. Hopefully, our story can be an inspira...

Looking at the SoCal prices, it seems most areas are very far from being able to offer rent / price ratios that would satisfy the 2% and 50% rules. In my complex (Newport Beach), a $700K townhouse typically rents for ...

Hello everyone, I am brand new to real estate investing and bigger pockets. I need to inspect a house for the first time to estimate repair costs. I am far from a handy man so I could use any help regarding what I sho...

Hello everybody!I am so excited of joining the BP forum! My name is Nick. I am 100% made in China. I never thought that I will be doing real estate investment. I remember seeing the Chinese real estate market booming ...

Hi all,I'm just getting started with my first buy and hold deal. It's a single family home located in the Cobbs Creek area of Philadelphia. 1300 sqft, 3 bed, 1bath. Currently rents for $1050, with $100 increase for a ...

Hi,I'm starting to research tax lien investing. Given the state of the stock market over the last few years, I'm looking for a way to invest in certificates to gain an interest rate higher than what banks are offering...