We rented our home out to a family on Section 8. It was our first rental and we made errors did not do our due diligence. We discovered several violations against their lease agreement early on but faced the challenge...

Hello Everyone,      I am new to investment properties and I am currently in the process of closing on my first multi-unit property. I have been doing a lot of research on everything over the past several months and h...

I bought 2 triplexes in blue collar areas. I am very good landlord, I always fix things on time. I'll do extra stuff - for example last week it came down to repair the fridge or buying a new one. I went with buying a ...

Hello BP,I recently closed on a 5 unit property where all of the units are way below market.  With the current rents I am operating at a $200 monthly deficit. All of the residents are on month to month leases and this...

I found this today about a proposed meltdown:

The Day The Dollar Died

I thought some of our resident Tea Partiers would enjoy it. Most entertaining!

Hi folks - I'm new to BP and to REI in general and am looking for some advice as I get started. I purchased my SFR back in 2007 (what terrible timing!) in Los Angeles county and plan to continue living here for the ne...

They gave notice of move out end of March. I've had two showings in about 1.5 weeks. Usually I do an open house in summers but it's slim pickings and waiting for enough people to justify an open house is not feasible,...

As you can tell from the title I'm trying to decide whether I should lower my rent or not. Here's my situation.

I have a class A property that I currently rent for 2800/mo. It is kind of niche for the area as I rent ...

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I have an empty rental property that I am currently rehabbing. I went to the house today to replace a ceiling fan and the neighbor was parked in my driveway and I couldn’t get in. I went to the front door ...

It’s time to schedule (another) meet up in the East Bay! I recently had the pleasure of meeting quite a few fellow BP investors in San Francisco, and had a great time enjoying some drinks and learning from everyo...