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We bought our 1st rental property in March, 2022. Our current tenant, was in place when we took possession. She pays on time, communicates with us and seems to be fine.Apparently, a former tenant, from before we owned...
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Traveling in Malta and now in Florence Italy for new years. About an 8 hour time difference but our alarm systems are 24/7. Got an alarm the other night. Called our local sheriff department. They called back about...
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I'm getting ready to have a move-out and was thinking about placing some temporary ring cameras throughout the house until a new person moves in. My reasoning is I live about an hour away and would be nice to have som...
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We are about to finish up closing to sell a house we are flipping. We have had pavers, ovens (yes plural) and shrubs stolen over the past few weeks. We know who the culprit is and have put in a few police reports, ins...
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Is it the landlord's responsibility to provide the tenant with pest control and security cameras for a duplex? Are there any other responsibilities I need to be aware of?
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In the case of single-family homes, the process of buying a run-down property, remodeling it, and then selling it for profit, is commonly referred to as fix-and-flip. Your sweat equity and ability to see a diamond in ...
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I have previously been asking my agent to show my house to contractors for a $50 travel fee, with 2-3 contractors coming at a time, in order to gather estimates for some renovation work. However, I would prefer to rem...
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Hey BP folks, looking for suggestions on best smart lock and security system (w/cameras) for a new STR I’ll be acquiring. I’ll be self managing from afar so I’ll need remote programming capabilities for both. After ...
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So it’s our first ever BRRRR.We put 5 weeks of blood sweat cash and tears into this property!We were so happy to hand it off to a professional property manager, and visions of rent checks, danced in our eyes!Then the ...
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I recently bought my first multifamily. I am doing the house hacking strategy. Live in lower unit, and rent out the upper unit.I have a tenant upstairs. I am thinking of putting a security monitoring system (like ring...