Hi BP Friends/Family,
My husband and I are new to REI and we're looking for some help on analyzing a potential deal. The strategy is to house hack using his VA benefits. We plan to live in the duplex for 1 year and ...

Father's day is approaching and I often find myself scrambling last minute to find a gift that is useful enough for my handyman dad to enjoy. I wish he had a list of things that he would like, but often times you aren...

So while the world was in shear chaos this past year I have been staying in my lane with my blinders on. My goal is to hit 100 rental doors by the end of 2025 and this past year was when the clock started ticking (eac...

Here's my situation... I have a 2/bd 1b home which is a total sq. ft of 720 no basement.  A week ago my tenants called and told me the a/c went out at 8 pm at night. We have had long heat waves here in the Midwest thi...

I use stessa to track my transactions both incoming and outgoing. At the end of the year there is the option to download a tax report that includes and income statement, net cash flow, and capital expenditures. I can'...

One of our single-family-home tenants is renewing her lease. The new lease will take effect on October 23, and the new rent is higher. So her total rent payments for October will be 22 days under the old rent and 9 da...

Hello folks,
For those of us with an STR in Minnesota who woke up to snow this morning (luckily just a trace amount) it got me thinking - What do you do about taking care of the snow for your properties? We have a co...

I'm sad to say I don't see how Airbnb can survive this. 
Airbnb.com says that Brian Chesky is making an announcement tomorrow (4/28/20) at 3pm pacific. We were hoping for good news. I guess we can assume this is the...

When getting your appraisals done do you think they usually give a fair value, What is your experience ?

I am familiar with the requirement if I use the VA home loan that I have to occupy at least 25% of the property. However, is anyone familiar with if I wanted to convert a basement into a living area and rent it out ho...