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Hey BP,
So I bought my first property last year in Tampa, FL. Its a SFH with a half-converted detached garage in the back.
Pretty soon I realized that I have health issues when I'm in the home, and it seems to be ...
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Beginner RE Investing
As an investor, especially in this market, people are always asking to be shown the ropes or for some advice. As most of you know, most of them are time wasters but I still try and at least poin...
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Hi all...Has anyone actually used the Tax Lien Vault company to purchase tax liens and if so, what was your experience? Last July I went to one of those house flipping seminar road shows here in San Antonio and while...
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Hello, I am new to the forum but not exactly new to landlording or rental houses. I have been a "part time" landlord for the last 8 years and have 3 rental houses. This started as supplemental income and I've learned ...
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I keep running into articles about people who live an extreme austere life styles and do not work full time. (I call dibs on idea for the reality show featuring that life style). I do not want to eat ramen noodles 6 ...
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With all of the economic chaos and so many struggling, how are you, as small business owners, making changes to your businesses to ride the tide?
My 2009 business cut back plan is simple...
1- My lease ran out on my ...
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I'm in a bit of a quandary at the moment. I purchased a property in pretty bad shape for about $1 million last year and spent about $500,000 on what ended up being a MAJOR rehab project. The city assessed the value ...
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Section 8 tenant has asked for extermination for mice. She found a dead mouse in kitchen. Tenant is asking for any holes to be closed up. The home has passed the section 8 inspection. There were no mice when she took ...
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I think ROE is the best metric for benchmarking a rental you've had a while. I have a rental in Nashville with a 3% ROE because it's tripled in value in 7 years. That seems really low.So as I look for a replacement pr...
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