A quick overview: I am doing these write-ups on my first couple real estate investing endeavors for a couple of reasons. First of all, I am trying to let people know more about myself, and especially those of you wh...

I've seen it for almost every rental. Rentals ranging from 500K to 750K in value. 2.5 to 4K in rent.
People show up with absolutely atrociously misbehaved kids. It's always just ONE kid, never people with multiple. T...

I have owned and operated properties since 2007, and have always had a NO smoking and NO pets policy. As of late, I am getting a lot of requests for needing a "service animal" or "therapy animal". I don't know if this...

I know a couple of older (70's and 80's) couples who had their wills updated and their attorney switched to trust and charged one $6k and another $10k. That sounds excessive to me.The last older couple I knew had a pr...

I got the results back from a tenant background check.  She is 28.  Credit is perfect, but she's got four criminal results.  2 are from 6 years ago (marijuana/traffic), 1 is four years ago for $1,000 of property destr...

I was driving by one of my properties when I noticed my tenant had a pit bull in her unit of the duplex (spring valley CA). The duplex has a no pet policy.

My property manager gave her a 30 day notice to cure...

Hi,I live in Texas and it gets HOT here... I have yearly maintenance done on all A/C units to ensure they are working properly.  When an A/C unit stops working tenants will make this an urgent emergency.  My A/C guy i...

Hey all,I’m Brian, a new investor from NYC. I originally found bigger pockets years ago. I scoured these forums for months, listened to dozens of the BP podcasts, but unfortunately (fortunately?) life picked up shortl...

Greetings BP,
Has anyone used a self-directed IRA to invest in RE? If so, what was your experience? I'm considering rolling some or all of my ROTH IRA funds into a self-directed IRA to invest in RE