Hello, My Name is CJ. Houston, TX Is the 4th largest city in America, only preceded by Chicago IL, Los Angelas CA, and of course Rome its self New York, New York!

I am moving to Houston in about two months fo...

How does the 2 out of 5 rule apply to situations over 5 years.  Would it be safe to say if I lived at my home for 10 years then rented it out for 3, I would need to sell it before that 3 year period ended to avoid pay...

Hi - I'm currently looking at a new construction home as my primary residence. This will be my first home purchase so I'm hoping those with experience buying new build properties can weigh in here. Background: the con...

The US Supreme Court has gone crazy. They just ruled that it is freedom of speach to torture animals and film the torture. It's feedom of speech to hold dog fights and film them, and it is freedom of speech to crush s...

November 2022 Housing Market Update for Austin, TX MSA

November 2022 statistics have been released for the Central Texas Housing market. There was a slight decrease in median sales price from the preceding month an...

Just wanted to throw this out there to see what you guys think.  Here's the deal.  Today my property manager went to one of my newly acquired rentals and the tenant states "Can I pay $400 today and $500 on Friday?".  ...

So we have a unit available June 1st, it is very tough getting good tenants with the credit/background check and minimum screening requirements we have in place. So we did an open house and found a couple which pass a...

I recently purchased a small multifamily property that came with tenants. A tenant in a ground floor unit reached out over this past week asking if I would install a screen door as "the previous landlord had promised ...

Good morning BP community,
I have a scenario that I wanted to bounce off other investors as I need to set a precedent with my property manager and curious what others do in similar situations. Currently, I pay my PM ...

Suppose I buy a painting and use it in staging of a property that I am selling (that is, I am not the realtor selling, it's my property). Then it looks like the cost of the painting can be deducted as an expense for t...