Does anyone sense risk in the housing market? I was thinking lately about taking out a loan or two for rental properties, but I have some concerns about the federal government/politicians/partisanship, a tech bubb...

I had a series of unfortunate events happen to 3 my properties this year:1) one property, my first tenant ever, moved out because they bought their own house so I saw my first year's cashflow go out the door due to tu...

I just wanted to open up this discussion and see how everyone feels in the Anchorage, AK community of Real Estate here on BP.It seems to me that a lot of people in the lower 48 feel a shift coming in the RE economy. P...

I am upset with a landlord, who is playing it by the book. And maybe I am taking my job as an agent to personal, but this did cost me some sleep last night. I wrote an offer for a new client last weekend on a very nic...

I was on my way to check out a neighborhood for a potential property and I happened to see all of the new development in the Sharpstown area surrounding Houston Baptist University. On top of the new commercial develop...

Hi, Looking at some NB in the 33993 area.  SFH. Has anyone worked with Zach Lemaster and his guys in this area? Just looking for a couple of references as well as some of the FL specific gotchas - besides the alligato...

I've seen in other threads that a lot of landlords basically always include a dishwasher and tile the shower, even for lower end properties. I'm wondering how BP feels about other things like washer/dryer, a/c, garbag...

Hi,

I have a tenant that has leasing my property for over a year and has been good at making their payments on time (in other words a pretty good tenant). They asked if they could get a cat. We currently ha...

Cold Calling

As much as I HATE cold calling I was wondering if anyone has paid someone to call and fill out a Property Info Sheet?
If so what was the rate you paid?
How did you pay?

Here are my thoughts:
Give my c...

Hello BP Crew,We recently had a contractor in Montgomery, AL go look at some potential properties we were going to bid on and one we had a contract on.  He never mentioned charging us for anything and we just asked hi...