I am fairly new to BP but I am familiar with the real estate industry.  I'm currently an accountant for a contracting company and do the books for the owner's 3 property investment companies.  I'm really interested in...

Hello all. I'm going to look at a house this evening and hoping I can get some feedback from you more experienced folks.

1. Can anyone throw me a ballpark on rehabing the following things in a 972 sq ft hom...

Hey everyone!  Last night my wife and I closed on our 6th unit.  We purchased a single family home in Bethalto, Illinois(about 20 minutes from downtown St. Louis, Missouri).  This is a 900 sf, 2 bed/1 bath home, and w...

I know of a property with a listing price of $87k and an estimated rent of $975. The seller claims such a rental could earn a positive cash flow of $250-350 a month and a cash ROI of 20%. Is that realistic?

It is a...

Hey BP, we’re renters in a large MF.  200 units plus.  Today we found 2 cochroaches in our apt. Yay, where there’s 2... there’s 500.  My wife, poodle and I are very clean people.  Obviously we’ll tell management tomor...

Good evening ladies and gents,I am confused about basements.  I was hoping that someone could let me in on a couple things.Like, what makes a basement 'finished' compared to a basement that isn't finished?  And how mu...

I have two properties with currently un-permitted ADUs (
600ft^2 of a 2100ft^2 SFH in the county of Santa Barbara CA. It has been a functioning ADU for 6 years and there were no modifications to the exterior and only...

Wanted to see what others are doing or have done as far as providing appliances ( some or all).1. Do you provide some or all.2. Does that help or hurt you as far as improving marketability or increasing repair expense...

Hey everyone, so I was working on my duplex today asking myself what all could be done to "Tenant Proof" my rentals.  Share your tips and tricks!  I happened to be installing shelving today and I like to stay away fro...

Winter is basically here, and I have a rental in the New England area.  What are some MUST DO things to protect my property?  How do I take percussions to protect myself from emergency repairs, tenants getting hurt.