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...

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.My realtor got a listing for an 11 unit apartment building in an area where these rarely ...

The house had an old fridge in great working condition. The small kitchen had white Frigidaire appliances, and I had cabinets painted and cosmetic upgrades but did not replaced the appliances at the time. The fridge i...

Hi:I just bought a rental property a while back and it is now vacant. My daughter is a college student and she asked me if she could rent a room in the 3 br house and find other students to rent the other two rooms.  ...

I've received a few direct messages over the last few months regarding this thread:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/530/topics/20...So, rather than typing everything out every single time, I figured I would post a...

Hi Everyone,We are closing on a vacation rental on Hutchinson Island, Ft Pierce Florida 1st week in December and have been talking to the folks from Evolve Vacation Rentals.  They charge a flat rate of 10% and list on...