The Long Beach Police have not been able to help with this situation, so I figured I would reach out to see if the BP community could offer some advice for a huge pain I have been dealing with for over 3 years.Here is...

There is a reason why most experienced landlords say that you have to be strong and tough. If you give an inch people take a mile. We had a home that we were trying to rent around New Years/Christmas. A tenant applied...

It’s now been over 7 months since I acquired my first 4plex. While on paper it’s performed better than expected (so far), in reality it’s been far from smooth sailing. I figured I’d come here to share one of my more h...

Any advice for new landlords are welcome! Thanks

Most of my applicants and renters have been great, but I've had a couple of guys that have tried to get me to bend my rules, and just generally been unpleasant.  I suspect they wouldn't act the same way if I was a man...

Another avoidable situation. This woman squatted for a year and it was NOT related to COVID in any way, yet they couldn't evict her. When they finally do, she's apparently gained a sense of established entitlement (wh...

I have a long term tenant in a SFH at $1766/mo that I contacted on November 8 to provide notice they would need to purchase the house or vacate by Feb 1. They were very interested in purchasing, and I gave him my mort...

Along with creating an LLC entity and creating a "Certificate of Organization", you need to have an "Operating Agreement".Attached below is a redacted copy.  Virtually anything can be written in to this agreement.  Wh...

Hey BP,

My wife and I just closed this past week on a house that we are using as a rental. Throughout the entire process working with our lender, we told him over and over that this would be a non owner occu...

Hey all - I'm looking at multi-families in Chicago for my first deal and went to view this 4 unit on Saturday: https://www.redfin.com/IL/Chicago/3500-W-Cullom-Av...All units are 2 bedrooms and current gross rent is $4...