I apologize that this post is going to be long. I have been a landlord since 1996. Self manage. By career I am a Nurse Practitioner and a Reservist. I love my career and don't intent to quit to landlord fulltime. I ha...

Due to work,  we are planning on renting out our house.  I plan on managing everything myself, once rented out, we would be moving about an hour away,  and I will still work part time near our soon to be rental proper...

Looking to purchase properties in Ohio, I'm currently working with an agent but she requested that I pay additional commission to her. Is that normal for real estate agents to charge an additional commission over the ...

I gotta ask. Why in the world do all these goofy commercial lenders use DSCR calculations as part of their guidelines yet so many of them calculate it differently?Why don't the moronic lenders just change the dscr num...

I bought a house during the covid downturn in Dallas TX. The plan we like showed 3200 sq feet. Since I was a first-time home buyer did not know ins and outs of every aspect of home buying. When we did the appraisal th...

Howdy to all the BP folks from Austin, TX! I have a few questions related to Rental Forms, Tenant Screening, Automatic Online Payments (site recommendations and setup), Utility payments, so here they are:1) Can someon...

Hello! My fiance and I just purchased our first property and look forward to renting it out in the near future. I wanted to get some insight on a few things. 1. Is it unusual/excessive to require first, last and depos...

Hello all!  I have been managing my own properties (just 2) but am now looking to move out of the country.  So I might need a property manager.   So far I am seeing what I think are very high fees.  Finding renters he...

This may be a rudimentary question, but if you own your primary residence outright, is it a good idea to pull out at HELOC on your home so you can acquire property, rather than going with the traditional loan or a har...

As a wholesaler, what do I need to do and not need to do with an MLS property that the agent will take care of?  It seems like most are going for Off-Market deals mainly due to competition and price.  But for an ON-ma...