My friend who also invests in another market in Texas suggested that we plant a tree or two in the backyard of our new rental, says it is little cost now for a good return later. Thoughts?

I live in IL, am single, have several rental properties, have landlord insurance and umbrella policy. I do all the work myself (repairs, upkeep, accounting, screening, approving of tenants etc). The following idea I ...

Ok, I'm throwing this out more as an interesting situation to show the unexpected stuff that can happen. Since most are in different states, with different laws, this may be completely different for you than for me.  ...

I have a prospective tenant that is eager to move b/c he is living out of a hotel now (in the midst of a divorce; divorce hasn't finalized yet).He hasn't started the application process yet but when I mentioned cost t...

I just had a not to plesant experience with a short sale deal I had on under contract in november, so I found the deal on the mls, I put in an offer for 115k a few days later the agent calls me to say that there are m...

I am interested in buying a 4 unit Multi Family Property in Los Angeles. I would be purchasing this property with a partner. I own no other units and would be occupying the property. I would like to take possession of...

Background: I have one rental property and recently sold another. For both, I outsourced the management, as they were in TX and we now live in AZ.  Up until recently, we were renting in AZ, but just bought a place. So...

I am getting some pushback on the idea of recourse vs. non recourse loans from a banker I'm just about to go with. My accountant told me not to take out a recourse loan, one that allows for deficiency judgments (th...

I will start.1. Thankful for BP support at BPCON for our Charity aheroshome.org with their participation we hit our goal and have raised 180k from BP members for our project to give a home away to a deserving first re...

I am new to rehabbing and haven't done any yet, but before I do my first single family home I would like to understand licenses and insurance better. Assume I want to rely on the hired help to manage as much of the...