How much does a potential renter care about the appearance of the front lawn? We are looking at a property in a middle class neighborhood in Charlotte, NC, and the front yard has just been seeded and covered in straw....

Hello fellow BP-ers,This is regarding a deal in Massachusetts, so any input from MA Attorneys familiar with Hard Money Lending and related laws would be greatly appreciated.I recently closed on a property where I ende...

What do you look for in a small town a couple of hours away from a metropolitan area and are trying to buy and hold? Is there a certain unemployment rate you look for? Specific industries? A certain percentage of p...

The neighbor above me has been stomping over my head very early in the morning 5am and after "quiet hours" late at night well after midnight. She slams doors, she "drops" things which shake my apartment ceiling. I hav...

If you find my other posts, you'll see my interest in a 5 unit apartment complex in a C area.  I now have it under contract.  I had the building inspected this week.  The building was built in 1910.  The inspector fou...

I’m looking for some advice on whether I should sell my condo I rent in Boston and use the equity to get into my first duplex or triplex out of the area. When I first purchased my condo about 8 years ago I didn’t real...

Hey everyone.  I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on a 4-family in the Cincinnati area as my first REI deal and was hoping to run it past a few of the more experienced investors here on BP.  I would be purchasing ...

I apologize in advance for this being a long post. In short, I just bought my first property a couple months ago and am trying to figure out the optimal way to structure it as well as future rental properties with...

I own two properties in Baltimore city.  I keep getting letters from Homeserve trying to get me to purchase sewer line backup insurance.  The city has contracted with Homeserve to provide insurance against sewer line ...