We accountants are regularly approached by investors who are unhappy with their current CPAs being too slow to finish the work, too difficult to get hold of, too unreliable, too something else... So I decided to open ...

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

So anyone ever just sit on the sidelines a catch their breath a year??So technically, I do not have to buy another house in order to pay my bills. As with most things people their desire to have a higher income increa...

Excited to provide this month's update. At the beginning of January, Brian Burke started a thread titled "It's 2018. Whatcha gonna do about it?" In an effort to keep myself accountable to the goals I set in Brian's th...

     Hey guys, I'll be finished with RE school next month and I'll be taking my liscensing test soon. I live in a fairly high price market(650,000 average)and grew up on the beach in socal knowing a large portion of p...

Hey all,Anyone have experience in dealing with HD on an extended warranty?  They use a 3rd Party Company "Asurion".  This has been a "Twilight Zone" like nightmare.  Anyone else have the same experience?  Is this a on...

For buy and hold investors, to analyze your return, you have to take into account the capex expenses. I really don't know how to handle it.In a recent post, Brandon Turner estimated that 182 $ per month have to be put...

Ive spent my entire time in the military consuming book after book on the topic of financial education and real estate. Fast forward, my contract has ended. My finances are better than they have ever been, my only deb...

Hi folks,

We had a tenant who was back on his rent during the 2009-2011 economic downturn. We had them evicted, with a payment plan for rent owed. To cut a long story short, our attorney (to our surprise) pe...

Hi BP Members,

I'm in the process of acquiring my first rental property. I am purchasing a 4plex in the Phoenix area and live in Los Angeles. Tenants have been there for 3+ years. Do I need a full time proper...