My SFR tenant of one year is wanting to renew and has asked what I would charge for him to go for another full year vs. month-to-month. I have read one post on the premium people charge for M2M (that post suggested 8%...

Hello! I am a real estate newbie who is interested in STRs in well established vacation areas. I have been scouting the forums on the topic, listening to podcasts, reading books, and reaching out to BP members. I am t...

I am about to purchase a house in 2 weeks. My lender requested that I need to have HOI for the house we are buying, so I went HOI Agent and found out there are 2 previous claims back in 2009 one was about $5k. So My R...

I am usually not attracted to condos, when it comes to rental properties. At the moment, I have a portfolio of condos I am interested in buying.  The reason for my interest is because the purchase price/numbers make i...

Hi!  Perhaps too impulsively, I invested 20k to set up an Airbnb in an HOA governed neighborhood: one of the few left unregulated outside of Boulder, CO, and the neighbors just informed me that there are several clear...

After 15 years of experience in property management in Orlando and Central Florida our team has settled on the following conclusion:

There are two types of investors and two types of property management companies, ...

Does anyone know if any banks would allow an investor to self insure their properties?  I asked a few of my bankers as well as friends in insurance and no one seems to have an answer.  My issue is, with over 80 homes ...

I recently found this new service from Zillow, called "Zillow Rental Protection". I won't post a link so you think I'm spamming, but you can google it. For $45/month, you get $5,000 in rental coverage for things like ...

Hey everyone, Has anyone used shipping containers for a project??If so what do you create and how is it going? Looking forward to hearing from you all!

Hi everyone! I bought an 8-plex in SW MN in April. I paid $175,000 for it. It was insured for $520,000, so I just stuck with that number for my policy too. Is that a reasonable number? Do I really need that much? It's...