Hi all,I have 28 units all with separately metered utilities. In our area it's just electric and water (we don't have gas, sewer, etc). Currently when a tenant moves in, we have them transfer the utilities to their na...

Hey all, wife and I are getting into our first STR in Bonita Springs. Wondering if we should learn the bumps in the road now and try to self manage with some recommended tools or to put our property in the hands of a ...

A tenant has suggested we use the services ZELLE or Venmo to collect rents.  Currently we use snail mail to our P.O. box to collect rent checks.  Is anyone familiar with these services, and can you tell me how they wo...

I know ‘turnkey’ has been a hot topic as of late, but I am wondering who is out there regarding truly vertically-integrated “turnkey” providers or “fully-managed” providers. My thoughts are that there would be signifi...

I"m trying to choose between the new Iphone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy 3 and the reviews are mixed, so I thought to ask those who use them regularly here; I also suspect that most of the regular contributers at BP are u...

Hello Investing Community,I am just in the process of closing a deal in Calgary for a older property in a nice neighborhood. We plan to suite the basement to help supplement the mortgage and expenses. We are looking t...

Hello, I'm brand new to BP but looking to learn quickly...which will mean asking lots of (but hopefully not to many "dumb") questions. This may be a question with an obvious answer, but I'm curious, when a property ap...

I am a real estate agent in Upstate, NY but have had a request from someone to manage their newly purchased property. It is pretty close to me so I said sure lets talk about it. But I have never managed an Air BNB for...

Across the forum, we talk about ensuring that you maintain your reserves... but how do you actually manage them on you own the properties? This question is for the properties you plan on holding. If you are flipping, ...

I just went through my first major tenant turnover on a 2000 sf house. It wasn't that bad, just cleaning and minor stuff and finding a new tenant. It took us 15 days total, and I documented the entire process here on ...