I know that for some of you this will be elementary, but many on BP are not in finance. If you would have asked me a week ago (after hearing Chairman Powell's most recent comments) I would have bet that rates would co...

Making an offer this week on a 5-unit property (could be six units, currently set up as five, all occupied), consisting of two separate buildings in my town. Total square footage around 5,900.Each building has three s...

After the thread by a certain member here talking about selling junk properties to owner occupants and how much of a favor he was doing them because landlords rent properties in even worse condition I thought I'd shar...

Taking into consideration the bad condition of the property and low-end neighborhood, I feel that HUD houses are actually over-priced. And compared to banks, HUD is harder to negotiate on price. It seems they won't ac...

Hey BP,I am turning to Wholesaling because of a temporary defeat I faced with buying a property this summer. I have realized that It is important for me to get a bit more knowledge and capital through real estate befo...

I have a full time job as im sure most do, so time is valuable. Is there anything wrong with doing a group showing of interested potential tenants? I scheduled 3 showings for 15 minutes each last monday and only one s...

Hey folks,This situation has not happened to me before so I thought I'd ask to see if anyone else has been through this.
On August 16 I received a seller's counter offer on a property. The written deadline for accept...

There is a guy staying in one of my places.  1 or 2 times a month he randomly comes by my place to drink some beer/whiskey and have conversation.  If I have some maintenance work to do at a rental, I'll tell him about...

I know there are threads about utilities etc already but I am in an interesting situation and looking for some feedback.I moved out of state and the tenants in my house intend to buy it after leasing for one year.I am...

Hello! This is my first post with BP and very new to this.
I have just started with my journey starting to acquire rental investment properties. I have purchased my first unit with an existing tenant and everything t...