I am embarrassed to confess this, but I guess transparency would be the key to my future success toward anything that may resemble a retirement plan. I will be 49 years old this year and I would suppose that it would ...

Recently, I read "Nomadland" about people who are poor or living on minimal social security and trying to get by. Some of my relatives have problems paying for housing and they don't understand how to navigate the sys...

I listed a flip in April 2018 at a price even with the surrounding neighborhood $224k ($80/sf) in my market. I’ve had 54 showings and not a single offer. I’ve dropped the price $5k/month and I’m getting concerned beca...

I'm a newbie investor, with one SFH that I'm currently in the process of renting out. I've seen on BP and in a couple of books that some experts present themselves to tenants as the property manager, not the landlord....

I've been a BP member for over 4 months now. I have become interested in REI but today I have a more of personal situation rather than a business.So here is a quick timeline of events.- Early 2017 My family and I deci...

This post is not about creative real estate deals. I am the conventional "BUY HOLD RENT IT OUT" long term investor.

I am terrified after reading the PROFESSIONAL TENANT FROM HELL sticky post. And on top of that, t...

We had a commercial property listed for sale or rent at 809 Main St Hopkins, MN.I showed it to Phillip (Blain) Bundy, he liked it and said that he wanted to purchase it on rent to own option and asked me to reduce ren...

I am traveling this week and next. I was working in a hotel room yesterday (wow, that sounds bad) and checkout was noon. I ended up leaving at 12:06, not a huge deal, but I can see people still in the room at 12:15, 1...

Hello,
I'm working with a buyer's agent to make offers on properties.  I'm making an offer on one SFH for about $170,000.  We're also making an offer on a 4-plex for over $500,000.   
Given that the 4-plex is more t...

I have never had someone who pays late all the time.

In the past I had a few tenant late a few days here and there, and even though I have it in the lease a late fee after the 3rd day, I have never enforced i...