I have some residents moving into a duplex that is in a downtown area. They would like to install a ring doorbell system. Overall the residents are the ideal people but are just concerned with security do to busy stre...

I recently acquired an 11 unit building on the edge of a "C" area that is next to a "B" area. My property manager has been in real estate in this city for 50 years and he is even the previous owner of the building I j...

On the houses we are building in both San Clemente, and in Capistrano Beach, in looking at cooktops I'm torn between Induction cooktop and Gas. What would YOU choose? Also, for those of you that are men, PLEASE ask yo...

Quick question. We have been using Century 21 property management for about 4 years on a property 4 hours from here. This year they changed managers and they did an interior inspection. He says records show they did t...

Just getting into being a landlord, own 2 units currently. First time coming up on one of my tenant's birthday. What do you guys do (if anything) for them?Card? Gift card? Text? Anything?I am a hands on landlord (not ...

Hi BP!My GF and I are currently working on our first deal which happens to be out of state. We are currently in the process of reaching out to real estate agents in the area based on research, recommendations, etc. We...

Alright BP, I got a personal one you. So my wife and I got married recently and given the obvious financial circumstances we had to use credit cards for our wedding etc etc etc.My credit score is not bad but I'd like ...

My tenant in Jersey City NJ is looking to break lease early. He states his reason as pending layoff - of which he is not sure but says it is inevitable in 2-3 months.  I try to be understanding and accommodate my tena...

Hello BP!I'm new to landlording and looking for some advice.  I have a good tenant that wants her boyfriend to move in.  The good:His credit report shows zero missed paymentsHis girlfriend's father is our handyman and...

The term relationship marketing comes from the MLM or multi level marketing world but it is very pertinent to my world as a real estate investor and to be honest, relationship marketing pertains to nearly every busine...