So I viewed a two bedroom condo apartment in Massachusetts (near Acton/Boxborough) that was to be available for September 1st. There was one cat present that I could see, and it was confined mainly to one room. The ap...

We are currently fixing up the outside of this up/down duplex. Trying to get some different ideas to work with.We've pulled off all the siding on the front of the porch (it went right to the ground) the front of the h...

1. Site Selection, 2. Considerations blog, 3. Site layout, This may be a little disjointed, I am combining 3 different blogs and discussions I have had.
1. Site Selection:
Your near Detroit, so I will do this ...

Hello BP Community, I am currently house hacking a duplex that I purchased last year.  When I purchased the property, there was already a tenant in place in one of the units and I moved into the first level unit.  The...

Being that there are many more wrong ways to accomplish a given task than there are right ways I thought a thread covering some of the "donts" might be useful for those just getting their feet wet in repairs and renov...

So, this post is NOT meant to scare you, newbies. But... this is gonna freak you out :) This tenant is in the process of being evicted. To make matters worse, he lit his kitchen on fire; accidentally, supposedly. Anyw...

Hi all. Last week after a heavy downpour in SoCal tenant notified me that there were dripping leaks in two bedrooms. Above these two bedrooms are a sloped roof and a roof top deck. There were two small areas of mildew...

Hi everyone, I’m a current agent and interested in purchasing 10 personal homes over the next 10 years. Every year I plan on renting out my previous home and buying a new primary. I am licensed so my commission will g...

Have a small multifamily in North county St Louis which is "managed" by a property management firm. Received a letter from city today summoning me to present to court online given
- change of occupancy has occurred w...

After reading through the landlord forum and taking notes, I have a list of recommended clauses to put into leases. Some were just copy and pasted, so there is some added "commentary" to them. Some of them are also go...