I'm look for answers to my question both on a specific situation (which I'll describe) and as a general overview.This is my first rental. Tenants moved in a month ago. Summer is in full swing now and in my location it...

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I have set myself a goal to purchase a single family home or 4 plex by August 2015. I have a good amount of money saved up & was wondering if it's a bad idea to use your own money? Also when purch...

What is the craziest complaint you've received from a booking or most interesting thing asked to provide by a guests? I've been hearing some interesting ones recently! 

I purchased a home at an Ohio Cuyahoga County Sheriff's auction today for $46k. The comps are in the $110k area. The liens and taxes look good on the auditor and clerk of courts website. Nothing that wont clear up wi...

If you haven't already noticed, I'm new here. You will probably be getting a lot of questions from me. My husband and I have been trying to sell our home for over 6 months with not much interest. But lots of inquiries...

I own several buildings in a 25yr old neighborhood of 4-plexes. Several of the owners and I have discussed the idea of setting up a HOA to improve neighborhood conditions, and improve desirability, etc. Has anyone tri...

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Today marks the 9-year anniversary of the founding of our BiggerPockets Blog. In that time, we've had 170 contributors share their real estate insight with us across over 5,100 articles an...

As a small landlord, had some issues in the past with renters defaulting. Is this a pain point for others as well? Getting some data points, as I am exploring the possibility of starting my own insurance company to pr...

I’ll try to make this short....44yro married with 3 kids, good paying job, very conservative Primary residence in Southern California. Owe 480k, property worth 1.5mil. Locked in at 2.65 for 30 years.Rental Southern C...

Hello there. There isn't much inventory out there, but I'm sure I could find 2-3 decent properties to buy each month. Would you buy these properties cash if you had it or would you finance so you have cash freed up ...