All,I have a property under contract that needs to be completely gutted.  The estimated cost to repair this 4-Unit is $120,000.The purchase price is $16,000.00.  They are all 1 BRs in a C area.  Monthly rents for the ...

I'm looking for some helpful DIY basement upgrade ideas!We recently purchased a 4-unit rental property in Cleveland and the basement serves as the communal laundry room.  Completely unfinished with exposed foundation,...

Hello. I come to real estate by a very tortured path.I graduated from college with a BS in physics in 1980 (yea, I am that old). After not being able to find a job, I went running back to the safe haven of academia ...

First I want to say hi, I am fairly new to the forum but I have been reading alot of posts and discussions. There's a fairly big town 30 min from me and the real estate market is definitely a buyer's market, and there...

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I had put an offer on an REO 10 days ago and I just got a call from the listing agent that my offer has been accepted. I looked over the purchase agreement and it states that the deed will be transferred v...

Hello BP Community! My husband and I are looking into rental investing in Fresno, CA. We’re doing research and trying to find out more about the market there, from average rents to rental vacancy rates to neighborhood...

Hey PBers.I'm a little scarred from tenants using my nice SFRs to build grow houses. It has only happened once, and through amazing luck, they turned out to be the nicest drug dealers ever and helped pay to remediate ...

Check out this story: Getting rid of squatters

A new bill would make squatting a felony. I like the part about allowing the landlord to use "FORCE". Landlords would be allowed to enter the house and remove th...

Hi! While looking for investments, we have found a small mini-storage (self-storage) facility for sale, but it is over 2 hours away. It is not large, and there is no fence. I hear a lot of talk about managing from a d...