I have recently started doing research on how to get involved with real estate investing and brought up the idea to my girlfriend.  She is in the mindset that I should pay down my student loans before getting into rea...

So what do you think about landlords paying for lawn care for c class properties? One of my investor friends says no way and our property manager says if you don’t do it they can’t afford it and then your property wi...

Hey BP Landlords,Does anyone have experience with landlord responsibilities during a power outage caused by weather? I had a tree come down on the power line to the multifamily last night. The utility company should b...

My wife and I are looking into shopping for a rental property. However, our AGI is above $150,000 a year, and neither one of us is a real estate professional.

Because of that, it looks like I would not be able to ded...

Long story short... need some sagely advice. Inherited a property from a family member passing late last year. Property is in a great STR location in Wa state. Once we took possession we did a complete rehab on the pr...

I have a warehouse in downtown San Antonio I converted to office/retail suites about five years back. Most of our tenant leases have renewal options with automatic 3% rent increases each year. However, a few of the le...

Hello BPers, wondering what the consensus is out there for categorizing capital vs operating for appliances? Window A/C units? Painting? Refinishing floors? Carpet? I'm leaning to treating it all as expenses.

Was listening to Geithner talking to some senators and he was saying he'd like to see renters fill all the vacant houses. To facilitate that he said he'd have to take over Fannie and Freddie. Hmmm, I was thinking this...

The City requires either a cashier's check or a money order for all tax lien purchases (probably don't trust employees with cash handling). Buying money orders is a real pain cause the grocery stores impose limits on...

Hey guys, my partners(investors) and I (realtor) are in a bit of a pickle. We had not 1 but 2 deals fall through on us due to financing(bad loan officers). So now I have just put 2 houses back on the MLS, but rather ...