I was interested to hear what others might be doing in securing non-bank financing. We all have a circle of potential lenders/acquaintances that we could tap, without the hassle (or outright impossibility) of dealing...

Hi, I got a potential tenant that has a service dog. I check tenant Facebook page, her dog is a pit bull. Is it legal in all 50 states to take a pet deposit for a service dog? I usually only take $50 for pet deposit (...

I need to stop doing this, but I had a discussion with a work colleague regarding investing. He has a few rental properties but does most of his investing in the US stock market. When I brought up the fact that I was ...

Hello BP members,I need your help analyzing this deal.  I have a feeling what you'll tell me but I just need to hear it so I can walk away from it.   It will be my first deal.  I've been looking into MF 2-4 units but ...

I currently have two house-hacks that I've moved out of and are now full time rentals that cash flow roughly $800-1K per month each. When I started straight out of college, I used to think that I NEEDED 10 houses in 1...

This property is our personal former home and I list it by myself as a realtor.

One new headache needs experienced landlords help: one potential has good income, meet the criteria of credit score (close to 680) and m...

Disclaimer, not edited. May be riddled with typos. After all of the other books that i’ve read, this is a great way to cap my months of reading and makes me feel like I have enough “research” to move forward. Enjoy. L...

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I am new to this site and have been getting active on many threads and I see a common theme in the rental area - investors are managing their own property. I am wondering why so many investors are not usin...

The appreciation prices have gone insane in Las Vegas. Fourplex bought 1 year ago, and now seller is asking $100k over his purchase price. The crazier thing is he will get pretty darn close to 100k gain, which is a an...

Hello BP Family,Happy Sunday and I hope all is well. What would be your advice to someone that is interested in using lines of credit to start a fix-n-flip business? Here is my mindset on how the LOC process starts, h...