As our short term rental portfolio has continued to grow (3 so far), we've learned so many things along the way.  Quick Tip, whatever can go wrong, typically will at some point!  All we can do as property owners is do...

Fellow Investors,
My rental unit has a floor drain that is slightly backed up. This floor drain is tied into my tenants kitchen sink (kitchen sink does not seem to be clogged according to my tenant). I had a drain co...

I was wondering what you landlords do with your kitchen and bathroom sinks (and drains) between tenants.

I've gotten into the habit of using a bottle of Drano Max for all the drains in between tenants. I had another...

I got a text from a tenant this morning that basically said:  The tub is draining slowly, I called a plumber and he charged me $300 to snake the drain. I paid for it since I was the one who clogged the drain.  Just wa...

I’ve been reading a book on futures and derivatives. As I was reading about futures they used examples of things you might write a contract on such as bushels of corn, etc. Right now oil markets are so flush with supp...

It’s great when our team comes up with a nice layout idea and when our contractor does a great job implementing it! That’s exactly what happened with the bathroom renovations on this property. We took a very ordinar...

I recently acquired a property that has a group of tenants who have been living there for about 3 years. I went to the property today to do various things and one of the tenants told me that about a year ago, their up...

Bathroom Improvement Strategy:The bathroom had a window in the middle of the shower, so we removed the window and replaced it with a special-order glass block window. The accent tile design turned out very nice nex...

So, I have either repaired or addressed several issues in a unit of mine. 1. Repaired= something needed to be fixed, so I fixed it, with hopes that it is all set.(example is water was splashing out from under glass sh...

Hey BP! I am just getting started in both the real estate and BP worlds -- I love the fact that, as owners, we have the ability to pull on different cost-levers to increase the performance of our properties! I have a ...