I do my own rehab, maintenance and management. One of my properties is about 160 miles from my hometown and that can be a drive of 3 to 5 hours, depending on traffic. Recently I did what I used to call a day trip to t...

Trees are beautiful.....until they die. Then they are very expensive.  Aside from a sad tax break how should I handle trees. I'm sitting in front of s very cheap house but has 2 dead tress in the yard. I can't see a w...

Hello BP community, this is my first post in the forums and wanted to say thanks to any replies in advance! I just bought my first short term rental investment property on a popular river for kayaking and camping in m...

Does anyone use temporary help from staffing agencies or temp agencies to hire a few workers for the day?  We typically do a lot of the work ourselves because without getting a workers comp policy I wouldn't want to r...

Tenant has been in property over 3 years and last week told me deck needed repair. Someone came out yesterday, the deck needs to be totally replaced. I had it completely dismantled and hauled away this morning because...

I heard someone mention the other day that listing agents for Fannie, Freddie, and HUD properties will not be very helpful with offers that are less than 85% of the list price because it may loose them their contracts...

I'm curious how long it takes most of you to get a rehab estimate from a GC? Is this something I should expect on the sport? In 1-2 days? In a week or more?

I am trying to get my barrings straight on taxes, fees, etc. associated with short-term rentals.  In my state short-term is considered less than 30 days.  According to my reading once classified as a short-term stay I...

Greetings;

I am looking for a PM in Milwaukee, WI for my SFH. Am a bit uncomfortable with the language I'm reading in various contracts. Is it typical for the property owner to include the PM as 'insured' on my lia...

Yesterday my dog started a small fire in my home.  As a landlord, I do not allow dogs, but since this is my house I deferred to other members of the family and got a Chocolate Labradoodle (seriously, that is what it i...