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Hi BP friends! I've got a tenant that is asking/demanding that I test for asbestos in my SFH rental. This home was built in 1951, I bought in 2012; no basement - it's on concrete slab. It was a fix and flip when I ...
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I have an up/down rental where the upstairs tenant is responsible for the electric bill. Over the past two months, the electric usage has been high and they have been arbitrarily deducting from the rent payment wha...
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I had a tenant move out 3 months ago. He never left an address for me to send him his security deposit and he just sent me an e-mail saying he wanted his deposit back. We forfeited it 60 days after he moved out as we ...
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Nearly 9 percent of mortgages are in forbearance. Discover a new kind of real estate investment and uncover profits on your local courthouse steps!
Welcome to the world of buying foreclosed homes at auction—a real ...
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Hello, all. I've worked as a court reporter for the past seven years, but being that I live in what I call "Podunkville," small-town living, there is not enough court reporting work available in my neck of the woods ...
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I have been doing flips and rentals for 10 years and I am now going through my first lawsuit. The buyers of a house we flipped in 2018 are suing me personally, my LLC, my wife who was my agent, My wifes broker, their ...
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Has anyone ever joined the USAA Real Estate Rewards Network? A few highlights from the description of the program:Access to a select group of top-performing real estate agents who help you through the home buying or s...
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Hi everyone, just joined BP having come across the site whilst scouring Detroit properties on the weekend. Yep the usual web thing... 'that looks interesting.... Click...' and the rest is history. Then an hour later...
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An investor has called us eyeing a piece of land. The particular piece of land is very challenging.
The land is a very good deal. I told him if he wanted to buy the land and was able to hold it it would take me 6-8 m...
What mistakes do most people make when they buy their first rental property. How should I get started?