I want to start dialing the phone on my leads. It has been about 5 days since I have hit the roadblock of how to estimate repair costs. My current plan is to 1) Use a real estate agent and get comps for neighborhoods ...

If you are a new out-of-state investor or thinking about investing out-of-state, you need to see some parts of the house before making an offer. This means you need boots on the ground. Zillow or your agent's MLS port...

Hi everyone, I'm still a newbie to the forums and to REI in general, and this week I'm screening my first-ever applicants for an open bedroom in a house I've just started to manage for a family member. (I don't have t...

I own a 140 unit self storage property.  I've started looking into installing a kiosk to accept payments and handle rentals.  I've spoken with one kiosk company so far.  They have been pretty helpful.  For all the bar...

Hi All,My wife and I are planning to subdivide a property in Chittenden County, VT which will result in a 1.5-acre building lot.  Upon some initial research, it seems like a modular home might be the right option for ...

Three individuals signed a lease together, all friends, the lease is set up where each of them are expected to pay 1/3 of the rent. Two of them decided to move out in December without informing me. One of them acciden...

For as much traffic as BP surely gets, its website is pretty awful. I suppose it could be just me, but I doubt it. When I receive notification of a new message (which itself is an on-again off-again occurrence, not su...

To keep it brief, I landed a good deal last fall on a very involved renovation on a small house, nobody else wanted it, so I got my price.  I soon realized nobody wanted it because the footprint was too small to add e...

As an accredited investor who participates in a syndication, do you typically invest with the same syndicator? What are some good qualities that you look for in a long-term partnership of an investment company? What w...

Hello BP'ers I'm just starting to bid at auctions in NH and wondering how other people are protecting themselves against potential liens.  I know I can pay a title company to run a report right before the auction but ...