I'm looking for some helpful DIY basement upgrade ideas!We recently purchased a 4-unit rental property in Cleveland and the basement serves as the communal laundry room.  Completely unfinished with exposed foundation,...

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I'm Steve Mizer from Cleveland, OH and I just recently joined BP. The content of this site is amazing! I have already read the Ultimate Beginner's Guide and I'm loving the podcasts.

My w...

Hi,I dabbled in real estate years ago (2004ish) by buying a 4 plex, renting it for a couple of years, fixed it up and sold it for a really great profit of ~$100k.  From there I did a joint venture with and built a hou...

I am fairly new to REI with one rental property under my belt am working through an agent to find buy and hold properties in Metro Atlanta area, however here is the problem. Even after communicating my expectations ve...

These billboards are showing up along the roadways now. I think they're great. Its a reminder that people need that the recession is not going to last forever. What goes up must come down but it has a tendency to go r...

Hey BP!I just picked up my first rental property (Richmond, VA).  Since my experience to-date has been rehab only I'm fearful of overbuilding.  There are three items that I would appreciate the group's input:  (1) app...

Hi all - I am planning on moving to the Seattle area in the next several months and am thinking about researching multi-family properties to house-hack as my first ever Real Estate purchase. Just curious if anyone has...

My name is Brandon Ortiz, and I’m a real estate agent here in the Bay Area. I’ve owned a home in Gilroy, CA, for 12 years, and it has built up a significant amount of equity. I’m now looking to invest that equity to c...

I think behind tenant screenings and leases there is a quality of a landlord that's also as a person that is the respect for a good person and the intelligence of making fair affairs.
For me for ten years in the past...