A new study that was a collaboration of three universities concluded that in the nations 24 largest markets, only 4 showed median price increases between 2010 and 2016. (Three of four were in Northern California and t...

Hi all,We have some college student tenants whom we inherited from the previous owner. Most of them are fine, but one of them is very needy. The legacy lease provides internet, which we have provided and which works i...

I'm just about to close on my first rental property (house-hacking a duplex in a small town outside of San Diego, CA).  The previous Landlord raised rents 3-5% every year on this property, so it is currently rented fo...

People love "life hacks." A life hack is a simple strategy/process/tool/trick for improving your life in an unconventional way. For example: So... I am writing a post about "Landord Hacks" - it's the little things tha...

Hi all!New to the BP site and excited to network with like-minded individuals about investing in real estate.A little about myself: born, raised and have lived my entire life in Wisconsin. Married with no human childr...

I have four properties in the Disney World area and one near a ski resort in Colorado.I've been pretty successful on VRBO/HomeAway, 70% to 85% booked this year. However, I worry about VRBO/HomeAway being my primary so...

Hey guysI have yet to do my first deal. I have 6+ months of research and the “learning phase” under my belt. At this point, I know that in my market I want to start with wholesaling.I am going on realtor.com and other...

Although this took way longer than expected due to contractor issues, I'm proud of the way it turned out and happy to report that it is under contract after on 3 days on the market!  It's a 3BR, 2 full bath row home i...

Has anyone had success trading stock options?
If so how did you learn?
Books? Any recommendations on what ones?

So, I'll preface this with the fact that I admittedly didn't handle this famously from the start, and my re-evaluation is, in part, evaluating parts of this issue that I really should have looked into before I got inv...