Those of you who invest in California or Pacific Coast that own property,  what are your thoughts on Earthquake insurance?   Do you have them for your properties?   Is it worth it?      If not, what will you do in an ...

We live and have rentals in northwest suburbs of IL. Our tenants have lived in one of our rental houses for 1 year and 3 months. They are responsible tenants, always are paying their rent on time and keeping up the pr...

Hi BP, this is my first post.
I am not a smart man, and I'm looking for some advice to help direct my thoughts and research toward my 2nd investment property.
From a high level, what would you do if you were in my...

Economic Update
(Monday, March 22, 2012)
The TV commercial used to say “When E.F. Hutton speaks everyone listens.” Well, E.F. Hutton is no more. Now we have the Federal Reserve. And when the Fed speaks, truly EVE...

One of our tenants is late with her rent. She paid 50% last month and has not paid this month. She asked me to use her a portion of her security deposit (1.5 months rent) to cover the half month rent for last month.  ...

Just saw the (pretty harsh) results from a survey about the new VRBO service fee, and I was curious to see what you all thought of this.Has the new fee been affecting your vacation rental bookings? Are any of you plan...

I've recently had some great discussion with a fellow tax lien investor and I've been researching liens more and more. Come to find some potentially quetionable ethical calls made and I'm curious to hear what others b...

Here is a fairly basic question I've got concerning out-of-state investing and I'm looking to get people's opinion concerning hiring a contractor to work on a project with me.I recently read @David Greene's book on ti...

Hi! We have 9 rental properties in the Dallas Texas area. And are thinking about getting an umbrella policy on top of our insurance. Do you find that this is a good idea and if so what is a good company to use?
Also ...

I'm 19 years old and my parents have been getting on my case lately, Pay us this a week, pay us that, step up to the plate, you use our washer , our dryer, and the oven, you eat our food and so on. I think it's time ...