Hi everyone! My husband and I graduated from University in the Spring, we both have full time W-2 jobs, no debt, a 780 credit score, about $25k saved, and live in Salt Lake City, UT. We’d really love to house hack, bu...

Hi BP community! My husband and I just got preapproved for a home loan with the bank and now I am stuck with trying to figure out what the best move would be. We live in Southern California which is extremely expensiv...

BPers!I'm closing on a 4 plex in a C neighborhood.  Two of the tenants have fairly maintained their units but the other two have trashed theirs (hoarders).  Both of these tenants have been in the units for 20-30 years...

  Hi All,   I just finished responding to a post by another BP member about contacting the owners of Foreclosure properties.  I thought I would post my response here as well in order to share my journey thus far as a ...

I am so lost when it comes to reading the forums and books, podcasts.  My wife and I know where we want to end up, but have no idea where the starting line is.  We want to have recurring passive income from rentals/ s...

What has surprised you the most that you have ended up not liking to do as as a property manager?

When I first started out in real estate I didn't anticipate painting being that big of a deal. After all, it's pret...

I moved into a condo in Salt Lake City, Utah in 2012. I didn't know anything about investing, all I knew is that I wanted to buy the cheapest place I would be happy living in so I could rent it out when I eventually m...

Hello,

I currently have a vacancy and can't believe the lack of tenants this time of year!

In the past I've always had the property turn over in spring/summer. 1 or 2 craigslists adds and my email box is full.

T...

I recently won an auction for a house. (Judicial tax sale so we couldn't go in before to check out the inside.) I paid $29,000 for a small house on a 1/3 of an acre lot in a great area. The houses on either side ar...

I have been going back and forth trying to decide where to look for our first deal. Narrowed it down to two areas: one with great schools, a very desirable to live Ellicott City, MD, expensive also; and second - immed...