Hi everyone, I just got an inspection report on a rental property that I am buying and have an accepted offer on. It came back with a lot of minor fix ups that need to be done. I didn't expect this many things to fix ...

  I ordered a book lately on RE investing from Amazon, and the guru started out with the typical hype, selling the sizzle and not the steak.  You know, the whole, imagine yourself living the dream, not having to work,...

As I've been on BP I've been reading as much as possible--even the ones that sounded scary. I want to learn the worst things about being a landlord as well as the positives. The question for the day:

What was...

Hello BP community!

Who I am (& Why I am already a Big BP Fan)

I am Diane Bartley: work in IT by day, chase an almost 3 year old child during the evenings, and during the later evenings have started...

I bought a 3 family apartment about 5 months ago. When I purchased it the house the 2 townhouse units (2west and 2east) were vacant and I had a tenant on the first floor apt which is a 3 bd unit with a little over...

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Houseshare/roommate setting.

Had one person want to bring their 60 pound dog. Said it was house-trained, not kennel-trained. Young tenant, probably 20 or 21 years old. Friendly breed of dog. Would you rent to that si...

Well, I'm in a bit of a jam. I have a 10 unit building in Ohio that I need to make a decision on. I just had one unit busted for dealing drugs, so they were evicted. I've also had 4 other units sent eviction notices f...

Wow. I just read a thread where one of the responses all but called several others out in disagreement over what I thought was a stupendously mundane issue.
There seem to be a number of topics that historically rai...

I posted the other day about creating a more defined criteria for my flipping purchases.  I'm moving my business to a more metro area early next year and am trying to define my criteria better.  Where I am now is rura...