Happy Fourth to my fellow Real Estate Investors. I am a landlord here in Boston and own a 3 family. I have two common area stairwells with 2 Kidde Smoke Alarms in each (Model P4010ACS). They are hard wired fire alarms...

Hello BP,I am in uncharted waters as a newbie active investor. I own property, but have never jumped into the many different arenas of off market investing. I was recently presented with intel about a particular ho...

Last year I purchased my first piece of commercial real estate. I was very excited to start getting some monthly passive income, however long story short, the whole deal was a sham and I was left with a building gener...

In the middle of trying to get a tenant out and offering cash for keys instead of going through the whole eviction process. When doing cash for keys what is it customary to have a tenant sign agreeing that the tenancy...

Hi All.  I'm preparing the application for my first rental and have a question: Is it good practice to communicate some of the more sensitive screening standards to the applicants (i.e., as stated on the application) ...

I am really surprised and caught off-guard by this.  Over the last 2 years that I've managed a short-term rental in northern San Antonio, I have experienced many small contractors that get so easily triggered, offende...

Hello BP,I am in uncharted waters as a newbie active investor. I own property, but have never jumped into the many different arenas of off market investing. I was recently presented with intel about a particular home ...

Hello all.  We are in attorney review on (what would be) our 2nd MFH.  Shortly after submitting our offer, I learned from the listing agent that the sellers had an unexpected death in the family - not one of the selle...

Question:  #1 What to do with a "sensitive" tenant who is requesting a lot of maintenance on my property which is being managed by a property manager?#2 How do I know if this is due to a "bad" property, poor rehabing,...

I'm 29 years old and make $75000 annually. I have an opportunity to buy a nice 1x1 condo for $240000 in an decent area of Santa Ana (which is an OK area of central Orange County [it isn't the safest, but it's very con...