Hello all! This is my first post on BP and I am SO excited to be writing this. It’s great to meet you all.I am a 22 y/o native Floridian who has been putting off my desire to jump into Real Estate for far too long. In...

OK, Im going to run through a project here in its painful entirety - start to finish. I will figure out if I can post here efficiently so it is easy to follow along, text, images etc.  I have all the material on my we...

Recently, Sevier County TN commissioners voted to require a "permit" for all short-term rentals in the county, "to ensure that all short-term rental units in Sevier County meet minimum safety standards."  Of course, t...

I had heard about tenants like this, but these are the first ones of my own. The Constant Complaint tenants. I just sat down to make a list of the many complaints they have expressed to me in the past year of their te...

My wife and I are buying our first multi-family home and expect to close soon (yay!). We will be house-hacking a tri-plex. One unit is empty that we will live in and the other two units have long time tenants. Both te...

We all have different cleaning standards, but some people are just filthy! Below are images from an actual apartment that's been occupied by the same tenant for almost 30 years. He pays 15% below market rate but has n...

Hello community. I think this is my first post. *Insert long winded personal story here*, and now I'm 49, chronically ill and exhausted, but finally in a position where, if I can figure it out, I think I could start s...

Maybe not the best place to ask for advice - I bought a home in N Central MA advertised as totally renovated, a pristine revival.  Among other attributes was a new roof and new high efficiency HVAC.  What I've learned...

I'm looking to invest out of state, but will be waiting 3-6 months to build up a little more cash reserves.  Right now, I'm looking at Columbus, Milwaukee, and Boston...but am heavily leaning towards Milwaukee because...