There's here where I'm at in Hampton Roads, Virginia. The owners are in NYC. I went to there home in NYC last year in June. I spoke with the husband and his daughter. This is an elderly Asian couple and the daughter d...

My business partner and I have submitted an offer on an 8-unit building. The broker is super unresponsive and getting a hold of him is a losing game. The building is $500,000 and our offer was for $450,000. The proper...

In 2010 I had the rose colored glasses knocked off my face hard and I am trying to understand why and how there is such Happy Talk right now about the economy.  I am trying to figure out if it is my pessimism based in...

This may be a wacky question, especially considering I couldn't find any search results pertaining to this, but can you write off the cost of a pistol as a business expense? I own almost a dozen rentals in the Tri cit...

Hi guys, I have a question for you: My prospective tenants gave me a phone number for their previous landlords. I’m not sure if those are real numbers for their landlords, maybe those are phone numbers for the tenant...

After serving 20+ years in the military, this really resonates with me.  I'm reading a book called Mindset, by Carol Dweck. Yes, most of my books come from the recommendations form guests on the BP podcasts and I've n...

So you ready for this?  We are in the process of selling some of our portfolio in the Midwest, apt buildings.  Have a couple groups out of NY who place good bids and to which our broker stated they would go with.  Thi...

Need some advise,So since I started three weeks ago I have viewed 3 houses and spoke to several individuals, The first house was a 7 br 2 ba in a rough area I had only one investor check it out, and he said it was too...

I think my lender dropped the ball. I’m type A. All of my documents where submitted in the first week and a half of my closing. I think my lender has dropped the ball.
utilities, insurances, inspections, the whole sh...

Anyone who would like to share the basics of their questions to previous landlords when screening potential tenants? I'm curious what most experienced landlords that do this regularly, have come to find are the be...