More and more tenants and tenant applicants are quick to perk up and claim "I have a pitbull, it's an emotional support animal" as if they have found some fool proof loophole. Some applicants have as many as 3 pitbull...

Not that one needs another reason to dislike Homeowner’s Associations (HOAs), but try this one: paying for the same services three times. The abusive and illegal practice of charging HOA Transfer Fees on the sale of ...

Hi All,
I am in the process of purchasing my first investment property and found one with great numbers but inspection found knob and tube in attic and some in basement. According to the listing/owner the electrical...

Hi BP friends!  I've got a tenant that is asking/demanding that I test for asbestos in my SFH rental.  This home was built in 1951, I bought in 2012; no basement - it's on concrete slab.  It was a fix and flip when I ...

This occurred on Sunday.  Thankfully not at one of our properties, but one about three hundred yards away.  A heavier gentleman was apparently walking up the stairs to his cabin, a step gave way and snapped, and his l...

I was offered to purchase a single house for 20k. It’s worth about $160k. However the tenants are elderly, desperate and want to live rent free for ten years. Taxes are about $4k. Needs some minor improvements that I ...

Thought I'd drop a quick update on the Colorado Springs real estate market. The story is sounding pretty ho-hum at this point. Low inventory, high demand, price increases, you know the drill.
Two big numbers from the...

Question to the group....I am going to allow pets in my mid-term rental.  It is a quad-plex with a shared courtyard (duplex up front, up-down in back).  I'm in Florida, so the flea potential is real!  How do you mitig...

Hey guys,Is anyone noticing a huge uptick in the amount of people applying for apartments who have service and emotional support animals?  In just the last 3 months, I swear 7/10 people have had one of the two.  I eve...

Hi,I’m currently a college undergraduate with an internship at a Property Management company. It seems Property Management is a great career related to investing but the salary may not be high enough.Is Property Manag...