new to the site after watching a very informative blog where the individual discussed the aspects he LEAST enjoyed about being a landlord. ANSWER: tenant interaction. Mine seems to be the safe. all too often I bend ov...

I am overwhelmed by the number of different formulas that are out there for rental property investing and I don't want to overpack for lack of better words my investing formula arsenal so I would like to know what one...

Hi All,I bought a duplex in the beginning of February with tenants. They both are low income and have a hard time making ends meet (paying me). They were on a month to month lease with the prior owner and have not yet...

I have a question regarding tenant's bankruptcy. I received a noticed from the US Bankruptcy Court that one of my tenants file for bankruptcy on the 1s of this month. Prior to this, he had told me that he was going to...

I've been following BP for a while, but I'm still in the preliminary ("save and study while I continue my day job") stage, while I consider beginning in real estate investment with a primary goal of building a rental ...

Is there a rule of thumb that any of you follow in regards to submarket population size in a zip code or census tract for different sizes of multifamily properties? For instance if an MSA has a population of 4M people...

How do I handle a tenant that thinks they own the place ?   I listed the apartment as nonsmoking - a month into the lease she tells me she smokes . It’s a slap in the face . I don’t know what to do , she recently star...

I have had my eye on a few Homepath properties, waiting to perform a precise strike of them. However within two days, a significant number of them have been drawn from the market. I have been following Homepath for ov...

I read the following article and was amazed at the "pulse" of the renting market. It is encouraging as I believe that eventually this will result in more first time homebuyers that are fed up with paying the level of...

Hi BP World:I constantly see threads and discussions and I want to make sure I'm responding properly when I do interact. I see the @ followed by the BP members name. How do you get that to display so proper acknowledg...