As RE developers we all know how important it is to hire good, reliable residential contractors. Because we are dependant, for the most part, on word of mouth recommendations it is vital that our recommendations are ...

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...

Buy quality real estate in quality locations, or at least that's the advice. Although the injuries from the current housing 'correction' and 'bubble' in other areas are not as severe as those inflicted in 2008 there w...

Hey, y'all! I'm brand new to real estate investing and I'm hoping to find a community here that I can lean into as I learn how to get on my feet. My wife and I are located in Apopka, FL and I'm trying to educate mysel...

I have a 90 year old friend with a triplex. A few years ago, a pipe broke in the upstairs. She hired a family member to fix it but ran out of insurance money before he could complete it. Now the building is sitting th...

Hi BP Folks! Hoping for some feedback.  My husband and I recently closed on a great turnkey SFR (new carpet and all).  Our PM is now advertising our prop. and has gotten several good leads, one of which is an unmarrie...

I have a tenant who is suing myself and my property manager for claims of negligence and inhabitability. She has played a clever game of never asking us directly for repairs, bringing in code enforcement to cite me an...

Hello BP folks! I'd like advice as to what my top priority should be in the next 7 days with this problem.  I'm an OOS investor with a rental SFR in Indiana. 1) The property manager did an inspection at my request Apr...

How do you equate a potential renter with no fico with a low fico potential renter? For me anyone with a fico below 560 is probably a life long deadbeat, and anyone with no credit file, probably is also a dead beat, b...