I'm a gun owner and I own "that" rifle and "those" magazines, but the Sandy Hook incident has changed my mind. It's not just guns, but guns are part of the picture and such needs to be addressed. I had teachers that h...

Hey guys, need some insight on this.. There are several homes in my area, around $15,000-$30,000.. But they are in crap neighbor hoods.. Is this a gold mine, or not.. It seems no-one wants to do anything with thes...

Myself and a partner have a SFH under contract in St. Louis, MO (this is a long-distance transaction) that we intend to purchase as a buy and hold. We just learned yesterday that they were unable to do the municipal i...

Hi I had a very old guy contact me, he owns 18 units and they are free and clear but my problem with it is they are all Efficiencies, they are only 70% occupied with long term tenants because the rents are very low an...

I was just wondering if anyone on BP or have heard of any investor being called a "slum lord"? Would anyone else take offense to being called a "slum lord". It puts a bad taste in my mouth personally. Below is the sto...

Sorry for the lengthy post, but I've run into something I haven't had to deal with in the past. Not sure if there's much else I can do, but wanted to post what's going on here to see if I'm missing anything.About a mo...

We have billed our tenants through Quick Books for several years.  In August I unwittingly took on a "Professional Tenant" who is making my life a nightmare.His September rent was 21 days late.  He insisted his paymen...

I live in California and am interested in purchasing my first investment property in an A or B neighborhood in one of the above states, ideally under $300k. Does anyone have recent experience in markets in any of thes...

Just bought our third rent house and 3 days after closing it was broken into and the hot water heater and the window A/C unit was stolen (presumably for the copper). Haven't had this happen before and want to know how...