Jeff Sims
What kind of car do you drive?
Just a fun post here. I have been a SFR investor for 15 years and now have $2M in rental RE while working a full time career. The cash flow was tight for years it seemed but the snowball of debt paydown is rolling b...
Jason Merchey
Landlord Responsibility re: Health
Was just watching a pretty moving show on Dateline about the poor sections of New York . The NY Housing Authority has 400,000 people to deal with, and that is in addition to private landlords. In this episode, two ...
Eric Odum
Homeless Issues
We have a small retail strip in Tampa. It has been a real challenge because of the homeless. It is actually in a decent area, close to Carrollwood, but it is also close enough to suit case city that the homeless can...
David Santore
Thoughts on Electric Heat for Rental?
I'm in MA, and my property has oil. Typical 1900s style 2 family with dumpy - if any- insulation! It's set about 300 feet back from the natural gas line on the street, and it order to bring NG in it'd be $7K to jus r...
Yuliany W.
Stop Cable TV vs Raising Rents
Hi BP,
I'm considering to stop cable tv subscription on my 14 unit rental. It costs about $500 per month. The previous owner set this up and I'm wondering if this is a common practice for multifamily rental....
Mike Neubauer
Website Booking plugin for STR that works with Airbnb/VRBO, etc.
Aloha everyone,We have a couple STRs here in Maui. I've been working on a website where I'd like to be able to offer booking directly, instead of sending someone to Airbnb, VRBO, etc. We are using Wordpress (DIVI) to...
LuAnn Vigen
installing central air/ raising rents
My tenant is requesting central air be installed this summer. We agreed to check into installing central air this spring when the sign the lease last fall, with the knowledge that the rent would increase if we did in...
David Song
Why to avoid < 50 k properties
If a house sells 50 k and rent for 1000, it meets 2% rule. But actually I think it is not necessarily a good investment.
Assuming SFR, 1500 sf, 3 be 2 ba, in small Midwest town. Move on ready. 30 years old. No renov...
Wendell De Guzman
Real Life of a Real Estate Investor
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...
Jamir G.
Just want it to be over!!
Since about April I have been dealing with my first eviction/renovation on one of my properties. For background purposes I’m a fairly new real estate investor. I bought my first rental 3 years out of college and then ...