Hi everyone! I have a family member who inherited a portfolio of houses in the bay area. They are all located in the southern peninsula within 1 neighborhood. This is great! The not great is that they are rented for a...

The water provider for one of my rentals just changed their policy. Bottom line is that they will no longer deal with renters and will only establish accounts for property owners - we are talking about a SFR. This w...

I bought my first property in July 2011 which is now fully rehabbed and rented. I purchased the property as a short sale for significantly under the value the tax appraiser based 2011 taxes on.

I've read up the coun...

Hello BP! I troll around here as time permits and have recently been seeking information pertaining to a specific question (or series of them) without really nailing down an answer with the kind of experiential wis...

Potential new tenant offered to paint house exterior instead of paying security deposit. Is this a good idea? Or should I require him to pay the deposit and maybe give a discount on monthly rent equal to amount of wor...

I have a potential REO deal in the works. An investor is interested in purchasing another rental property to buy and hold and I have a realtor who sent me a number of possibilities that I presented to the buyer. The b...

Hello all BP! Thought I would share my thoughts on the market for the week: a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and/or financial markets.Today I'm talkin’ the bull vs bear case for real estate in 2024...

Hello! My wife and I bought a 3 bed 1 bath well maintained sfh in a great area of LA four years ago as the market was rising. Both sets of parents contributed to the down payment. Then California passed the law legali...

Hi all - I feel that we're about to see some major migration shifts coming from the expensive urban cities such as NY, Seattle, SF given the new work from home policies that is becoming permanent. It started with the ...