Hi BP community. First post here. Quick intro, my wife and I have been researching and trying to buy properties for the past 15 months (more stories about that later on another post). Finally in October, we made 3 off...

Hey BP fam! I am working on acquiring my first multifamily building with the intention of converting the units to STRs. Does anyone have a good underwriting template or expense checklist they use for analyzing STR pro...

Hello! Does anyone have experience renting to a recently divorced person and evaluating their credit report? The person's score is 670 and they do not have a history of late payments however the total monthly payments...

A few suggestions to achieve anonymity is to buy in your name and then transfer into a land trust. However if someone were you pull up the records they will see the history and note that the prior owner was you (befor...

Sometime this year, my wife and I plan to get a primary residence using an FHA loan. After we live there a year or two we plan buy a new home and rent that house out. From what we've read, FHA loans are great for peop...

I know I'm not the only one waiting for this a-hole to be behind bars! Seems Blago tried to sell Obama's state senate seat....and now he'll join a long tradition of Ilinois Governors sitting in the clink.

http://new...

I came across this 'FREE' Tenant Credit Check from Experian today while putting together a Tenant Screening Check List.

http://www.experian.com/screening-services/tenant-credit-check.html

- Has anyon...

I just received an application from a couple and they noted that they have been convicted of a felony.  As they were filling out the application in front of me they both told me about their own felony in the past.  Th...

I’m a first-time landlord (just signed my first fully-occupied LTR in Jan 2025) and have already run into my first potential tenant issue. I have two long-term tenants in the duplex—one for 5 years and the other for 7...

Hi,
We have found a really good potential tenant. He has already submitted an application through Zillow, and we have the contact number of his current home manager.
Please let me know if it's still a good idea to a...