Here’s the situation. House was vacant for 2 months without the air conditioner or heater from mid February through mid April. That was a mistake. Should have had the ac and heater running but didn’t expect it to be v...

Marijuana Ignites Skirmishes Between Users, Neighbors

The article above is from REALTOR Magazine and describes some of the problems caused by legalized marijuana. If you're in a state with legal doobie, ganga, reef...

Last week we signed the purchase agreement for what will be our 25th unit over 4 1/2 years.  It's nothing glamorous, but with a bit of work should exceed what we could achieve in most other investments, and hopefully ...

So I bought my dads property, it came with a tenant who has lived there since the day he bought it 30 years ago. He never raised rent, it’s at $400/month. The unit isn’t very nice, she’s a smoker and there’s nicotin...

Thanks everyone for all the help and info on this site. Today I closed on my first "intentional" investment deal. I am already an accidental landlord (and out of state), and an accidental raw land investor (from a mov...

I have been a part of BP for over a year now and have been a smoker since I was way to young, but my question is when did smokers get such a bad rap?I personally don't smoke inside of even my own home, not even once. ...

I'm currently in the middle of what I'm referring to as a "live-in BRRRR" in Richmond, VA. Similar to a live-in flip but instead of flipping after living here I intend to refinance after 6 months and hold as a rental ...

I have received an application from someone who gets section 8 vouchers. The rent will be guaranteed so It's an option I am highly considering but I do not know much about it. I have heard some horror stories about se...

So, a little bit of background...my husband and I have owned rental properties and have completed a couple of flips in the past, but we had a big move a few years ago (and had a couple of kids), and are just now getti...

A house was recently withdrawn from the market because a potential buyer had a meth inspection that came back with high levels of meth contamination - indicative of a lab rather than just smoking it inside. Public rec...