Hi BP Community. I'm asking for some advise on next steps. I signed with some new tenants who have had some bad luck recently. They don't have the security deposit and are now saying that they won't have all the rent ...

Hello all!I purchased a 7 unit property across the street from St. Andrews Bay and within a short bike ride to downtown St. Andrews. The property consists of 3 duplexes and one SFH on roughly 1/3 of an acre. I found t...

I am a conservative investor who has a good income and good liquidity. I have a rental home that is getting into a range where I can pay it off this coming year. The benefits to this are:
-less debt
-increased cash fl...

Hello, I am new to BP and have been reading posts for the past month.I am currently active duty military and set to be relocated in the spring. I bought a house here and some things didn't go as planned. The military ...

There have been a lot of downtrodden posts and threads here on BP about how bad their situations are. Concern about retirement, pensions, estate taxes etc.
In this 5 part series, I've tried to offer some hope ...

Hello Everyone,I'm new to the real estate game, but I've decided that being a full-time landlord is something that I would like to pursue. I've worked W-2 jobs my whole life, but I am now missing out on a great deal o...

I have a problem with tenants not telling me of things that may be wrong and by the time I find out it's become a major issue.

Things like a roof leak that finally makes the sheetrock come down.

I ...

We’ve offered them incentives, we’re honouring their preferred showing times (which is very restrictive) and doing everything we can to make this easier on them. They have a sick child so we offered them half month’s ...

Hello everyone,

A family friend wanted to sell one of his houses. We did a off market deal with no realtors. We agreed on a purchase price of 240,000. I found a simple online purchase agreement saying he will sel...

There are lots of posts about the pros and cons of section 8 when searching the site.  What is the best way to screen section 8 applicants to ensure the best possible tenants in the program are approved?