Hi, BPers,I need your kind help.I am in the progress of screening tenants with mysmartmove.com. Currently one family applied as husband/wife/2-kids and uncle. The three adults makes 12.6k annually or 3.5 times of the ...

Just saw this story pop up on my local news site:http://kxan.com/2014/07/28/east-austin-tenants-for...Is this a national trend, requiring online payments in lieu of any other payment method? If so, is it being met wit...

Alright...I am going to post what happens every week in my real estate business. Why? So you will learn from my mistakes as well as get inspired by my successes. I also hope by doing this, BP Nation will help me ac...

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

I am looking to use a VA loan to get a house but want to purchase a rental property and get started on getting cashflow. I am very new to this but have read about half of The Book on Rental Property Investing. I have ...

Does anyone use biweekly rent payment schedule for tenants?  We are inheriting some tenants that have historically had some difficulty paying.  They have been long-term tenants, and the prior landlord was apparently c...

IF you do rehabs, how many HOURS do you OR YOUR CONTRACTOR typically spend at Home Depot, Lowes, your favorite building material supplier, etc etc?
Answer can be broken down into:
1. When project first starts OR aft...

I am a 29 year old male, married, with joint income living in Dallas. My wife and I bought our first home in Feb. 2020 for 360k (4bd/2ba), worth roughly 500k now. We were fortunate to save enough to buy a new primary ...

Here's a "Hack" I use so I don't have to chase my tenants for their rent checks:http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4240/blog_posts...What other techniques do you - landlords, use so you don't chase your tenants for th...