Newbie here. I'm preparing my first STR in the Austin area for guests. I'm near a river, so there are plenty of bugs around. The house was built in the mid-70s, on slab foundation, and has the original windows (which ...

Hello BP community! I just bought my first rental property (SFR) and it has a fireplace. Should I allow tenants to use it? Or, is it too much of a liability?

At the risk of counting my chickens before they hatch, I just had an offer accepted on our second SFR yesterday. Our initial offer was presented in October so this was a long and at times exhausting process. I'll get ...

Hey BP,We are looking at a 4 bed / 1 bath house with 1977 sq ft. It's a two story with the bathroom on the first floor and 3 bedrooms on the second. I'm considering adding a second bathroom above the first one and doi...

I'm stuck. I have 2 units (upstairs), 425 sq. ft. each, that recently have a relative humidity of around 72%. There are no leaks, no moisture anywhere, and we added several soffit vents. Also, the 18,000 BTU mini-spli...

Emergency!   Winter Is now here and I have 3 vacancies,,loss cash flow $3500 plus oil/ utilities   — I could use some advice to fix my problem now...don’t know how to get though this very tough patch .I won’t be able ...

Hi Y'all. Please provide guidance!Background: I have a SFH rental in Houston suburbs (cypress area) which I have rented to same tenant for past 5 years. Tenant don't want to renew lease until potential mold problem is...

I am in negotiations for my first multifamily deal, it is a 12 unit brick apartment complex built in 1950 in rural Washington state (same town as I have another healthcare business in) current owners have done a good ...

Hello, I have an issue with a tenant, and I am new to managing properties, so I could use a little advice.  I recently rented a newly rehabbed home in a nice area here in Iowa for $1400/mo.  The house is in nice shape...

Hello BP, thought I'd finally start a diary on my project. To make a very long story short, we have finally broken ground on our 10 acres of land in Acton, CA which lays in the northern part of Los Angeles county, jus...