Somehow it has taken me 3 years and over 20 units to run into my first rodent issue. I had a tenant in a 4plex complaining about rat/mice droppings. I looked up a good rodent proofing company and had them submit a bid...

Goodmorning BP family- I have added an additional single family house to my portfolio so I am now house hacking two homes. Both of them are by the bedroom and this new one I just completed a master bedroom build added...

I am the owner of the house, listed my house for rental. I am dealing with 3 different applicants with following situationsa) one has 7 kids of her ownb) other has 3 kids of her own and 5 kids from foster care (she ge...

Hi,I will be completing multiple 1031 exchanges over the next 24 mths ( starting in June of 2024 ) and I am primarily interested in passive real estate investments as I am easing into retirement.I have a 30 plus year ...

Listening to Brandon story about knocking out a wall and a bunch of dirty mags fell out, got me thinking about the weird things you find in houses that we buy. For us: last summer we bought a foreclosure and in the ki...

A tenant is asking me if I can install a fence in the backyard because his dog keeps running into the woods.  It's a rather big backyard and the costs to fence off the unfenced portion is 2x the monthly rent.  Wonderi...

Hi BP -- so I'm actually asking for my current property which has a basement. Here's the skinny:We just had someone come and rip out all the flooring (carpet/carpet pad)We ripped out the carpet because our cats I thin...

Trying to find the right contractor for something. My new tenant is saying that they smell a weird smell (not gas, says it smells closer to a dead animal) the strongest in a 5’x5’x2’ enclosed area, and not the whole h...

I recently started a STR/vacation rental property management business. What specific numbers do I base my management fee off? The language I have seen says I should charge a percentage of "gross proceeds".  Do the gro...

I have been battling a groundhog in the backyard of one of my rental properties for quite some time now and I'm running out of things to try (very persistent groundhog...).  The fellow lives in a fairly overgrown buff...