I am looking at a couple investment properties, in a very busy vacation lake town here in Michigan, to be used as a vacation rental home. I have a good feel for the rents, have the marketing in place myself from what ...

On the latest podcast "20 deadly mistakes" they talked about inspecting units. My question is what if there is damage? I inspected one unit last month and did notice there was some damage on a wall, it looked like a...

Hi all, I've never owned a property with septic or private well and hoped to get a landlord's perspective on dealing with these systems. Is it better/worse/same as municipal water-sewer in terms of maintenance & e...

Curious if this is considered a high crime level for a B+ neighborhood?

Hi, I'm looking for my first SFR property with a target price under $200k and since I live in Northern CA (Bay Area) that's pretty much impossible. Enter San Antonio. Seems like you can easily find properties that sho...

Hi all, I'm investigating the possibility of converting a former big box store to self storage and I'm wondering if there are any basic rules of thumb to determine how much of a buildings space can be converted to sto...

OK guys, help me out here. We're working on a new campaign for a large client, and they want to branch out into multi-family (4 unit multi's up to small apt complexes). Do you have any ideas about how to market t...

Looking at a 1/1 apartment in South Tampa Fl which is a hot area right now. Apartment was great only downside was that there was a slight smoke smell. It wasn’t overpowering however it was noticeable. Is that the kind...

I'm new here and wanted to check with the experienced ones about how they manage their portfolio whilst having a full-time job. I am thinking of starting with a couple of units and then perhaps outsourcing the managem...

Hey BP community, this is my first post. I'm just starting to get my feet wet with real estate investing. My brother and I (who both have history of doing multiple live-in flips over the years) recently consulted with...