Hello and good day! Long time lurker here who’s learned an invaluable amount from the BP community over the past year and a half or so. I remember reading through a really good thread by Tyler Jahnke a while back, a r...

I am looking at an old house, built 1916, in Portland as a place to live for a year to 18 months while working on the parts of the house that I can work on and hiring out other parts before reselling. The numbers are ...

So im ready to take on my first property. i've formed a partnership with my best friend who is an agent which is very beneficial , i manage a hardware store  which will be extremly helpful when it comes to buying mate...

I guess there is always a first time for everything. Though remodeling is not new for me but I have always been the person who had companies come into my house, quote the project, the selected one will do the work and...

Hello,My tenant just let us know that her son (11 months) just tested positive for lead poisoning. We also live there and just had a baby 5 months ago and she advised us that we need to get our son tested ASAP (it is ...

TLDR;  We've lived in this rental property for 2 years, and are beginning to suspect there are some issues with mold.  Pin holes leaks in pipes, and persistent respiratory issues for our entire family, make us wonder ...

Hello Everyone,My name is Pat Hanes. I'm a Newbie to real estate investing, and Bigger Pockets from Colorado Springs, Colorado, who is interested in learning more about rental properties.  My goal is to purchase my f...

I have a new three unit rental property, I'm currently in unit 1.  Unit 2  and 3's heating units either need to be fixed or upgraded.  They are both forced air.  There's issues with open vents that could cause co to f...

Hi everybody, I recently purchased a home with electric hot water baseboard heat with an arv of $140,000 and was wondering if I should replace it with a natural gas or oil furnace? What have been your experiences with...

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I've got a property that I am rehabbing and our timeline unfortunately got pushed back into the upcoming winter months.  The property is currently vacant and does not have an HVAC system installed. We have a ...