Hi Friends! I sure could use a piece of smart advice right now. I have a rather nuanced problem. Our home is a two-family, and we have a beautiful one-bedroom apartment at the side, where we have rented to a timely pa...

I'm interested on what folks think of PEX.  I love the stuff and find myself pulling out perfectly good copper pipes and replacing with PEX.  For those of you who have it in use, how long has it been in place?  Have y...

I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately tr...

Hello BiggerPockets,After about half a year of learning and searching for my first investment property, I've finally found a property which I plan to “house-hack”. We are in contract now and the inspection period ends...

So I've  been so diligent in my study of real estate investing for the previous 3 months or so and have wanted to get into real estate since I was 16. However life choices hampered those plans which were not so well l...

I rarely start a thread, but today I had an experience that I just have to share.

A year ago, I thought I'd hit the jackpot. A single mom with two teenagers (15 &16) moved into one of my rentals. She had two ot...

My wife and I are interested in a beachfront vacation rental and I have two initial questions that I’d appreciate some feedback on.

1). Where is your beachfront rental?
2). How many days was it rented in 2017?
3)....

I'm working on a blog post for the BiggerPockets Blog and I'm curious:

How nice do you make your rentals before putting a tenant in?

Specifically, I'm writing about turning a primary residence into a rental, but t...

Hi everyone, what are your thoughts on incorporating comprehensive Energy Efficiency upgrades into residential real estate sales and also investment strategies? For example, upgrading all lightbulbs to LEDs, appliance...

BP colleagues,My husband and I are embarking on our first SFH short term rental that is 4 hours away from us in a semi-rural area of Texas.  I've posted before asking for advice on if we should go forward with short t...