I've heard stories about people blowing out their budgets because of codes related to things like window size/height in bedrooms, electrical and plumbing stuff, even things like having to expand the waste lines when a...

Hi All - So I have two rental houses in Houston. My property manager called yesterday and told me that two of my houses were under water. One had about 18" of water in it and the other had 48" in it. My insurance agen...

Hello We have a new tenant on our first ever rental property and they’re are requesting adding a water softener citing hardness? Should we agree? Should we say no? I’m afraid if we agree or negotiate they may ask for ...

We purschsed a triplex with an existing tenant in one of the homes. Her lease ends in Late January. We need to repair the siding, paint the home and replace her windows. This project will take 2-3 weeks. We will only ...

I've never invested in an REO. I wonder how willing banks are to negotiate their prices when it comes to their REO listings?

Hello BP Compatriots! Below is a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and/or financial markets for the week. Let me know what you think in the comments and what you are seeing in your local market? (I'm ...

Hello all my BP Compatriots! Welcome to my weekly a real estate investment article, coming at you live from Nashville, TN, where I do a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets, for all...

We finished our fourth flip home which was our biggest flip yet. We had to have the house almost completely rebuilt, but we felt really good about the product we were selling. It had almost everything new. The new own...

Well, after 4 years of renting we have our first squatter.  Long story short, they paid for the month then did a stop payment on the check.  When confronted they said they were not paying so I evicted them.  Funny thi...

Anyone ever consider advertising rental discounts to First Responders, health care workers and/teachers?Like a $50 discount on monthly rent.