I booked a rental at a Northern Michigan lake house recently, and now that I'm an expert, I naturally had much to critique. This was a 5 bed, 3 bath house right on the water, and more of a house-hacking STR vs. a prof...

Just happened to watch Dateline Sunday night and they did a great piece on Detroit. A recap Detroit economy is going through some of its toughest times. There are rows of vacant, damaged houses with nearly vacant ne...

Plumbing problems make me crazy! I'm sure I'm not alone in that regard. Pin hole leak in main line discovered last night. Plumber there at 10:30 pm, put a simple patch on it, turned off water to 20 units and said he w...

Hi BP Columbus, OH community. I'm in the process of buying my first duplex in the German Village/Merion Village area (2 blocks south of Schiller) and am looking for any trade secrets people are willing to share, insig...

Scooped up this deal direct from the seller at a very nice wholesale price.

1408 Minnesota Dr. Oceanside, CA 92054

3/2 1100sqft - 2 car garage - under a half mile to the beach (west of the 5!)

ARV - $400-$420k (h...

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While there are plenty of success stories, everyone likes to hear about the struggles especially when its not them.  Here is my tale
It begins pleasantly enough August 3rd.  My husband's aunt had...

My properties are in Tampa, FL and the market there is pretty crazy right now. I've had these properties for 11 years and have never seen so many people looking for properties to buy and rent. 
The rent I'm charging ...

Hello all that are interested in what I have to say... If you are not interested then move on... What I have to say comes from many years of hard core live and learn lessons. If you want to go down the dark path that ...

Hi All -- I lived in my single family home (which I have an FHA loan) for two years before I started renting it out to tenants. I've now owned the home for three years, and have had almost a year of rental income. I l...

Hello BP!I keep reading on BP and elsewhere that renting to high quality tenants is the most important risk control a landlord can have. There were a few BP blog posts on this topic with the main idea that if you want...