I am not a fan of the 2% rule, although I will say I think rent/cost is my favorite calculation. We usually determine what type of rent/cost we can accept in any given area and go from there. According to Gary Keller,...

Hi BiggerPockets!,I'm hoping someone can give me some solid advice here. The police called me this morning to let me know that a tenant (not on a lease) but living with someone who is on the lease, took his own life t...

This weekend I did my first bandit sign campaign! I went to pick them up on sunday evening and after puttting out 25 of them 9 were gone. I was pretty upset and so far I have got one call. What was weird was that s...

I have two 50 x 100 lots I want to turn into mobile home lots and rent out the lots.  Looking for input on the process to setup and rent.

In the process of reading "Twitter Power 2.0" and one of the interesting things I read about is your profile picture should be a picture of you, not of your pet, or a landscape scene. This got my attention because it ...

I have an apartment complex in which one of my tenants has apparently gotten bed bugs. She told my office manager two months ago. As soon as she told the office mgr, the office mgr called me. I immediately calle...

Hello all,I'm totally new to this. I've been reading voraciously, listening to the podcasts, and trying to understand the best route for me. I've got a full time job, with a little cash to spare that I'd like to inves...

Not sure if this is right thread to post this question. Let me know if that is not.This questions is related to residential property in california.  As per California laws, seller has to disclose any known material de...

Hello fellow BPers,  i've tenants in my house for 10+ years.  For a while I engaged different property managers.  But, due to various book keeping, timely rent payment and other issues, i had to let them go and self m...

Hello, Currently my partners and I have SFHs, duplexes and fourplexes. We have be researching going to more to maybe 8-16 units properties (the largest in our area for the most part) OR investing in other peoples deal...