Had an owner scream at me because I sent a plumber to check out a leak from bathtub, saying there is no leak blah blah blah.  I hold a $300 pad, but plumbing leaks are emergencies and should be looked at ASAP. I’d lik...

Hello, Everyone!Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to this post.  I have gained much knowledge and confidence from this site and community already and am hoping to do so again.Do any of you investors/la...

Hey BP, my 2nd floor tenant ran their boiler dry and didn't let me know until I saw an instagram story of them trying to get it going again. I had a friend who is an apprentice at a plumbing & heating company take...

I am curious your thoughts on an issue I am having with a duplex rental. There is a gate at the drive way to enter the property but currently there is only a chain that closes the gate doors, over the top pole situati...

I've been a LL for many years and this morning I received that dreaded 4am call; "come to your property, there has been a murder" said a neighbor over the phone.Well it turned out not to be a murder but an apparent dr...

I think that my experience as a brand new "House-Hacker" can be beneficial to some other Newbies out there.  I wanted to share what I believe are the top three surprise benefits to being a house hacker over starting w...

I'm replacing the aging boiler and hot water heater systems in a MA multi-family rental property in the next few months, going through the MassSave discount program. Does anyone have any feedback regarding combination...

Hi everyone,
I have been lurking in the forums for a while now and enjoying all of the great questions and answers and information that you all provide. This is my first time posting though.
I am looking at doing ou...

I've been dividing my monthly rental income into 3 buckets.

Bucket 1 goes into repairs for the property
Bucket 2 goes into the mortgage payment
Bucket 3 goes into future investment savings (MM acct due to higher ...

There hasn't been much talk lately about using your home equity as leverage so I wanted to start a new conversation.  I almost feel like I could be missing something.  Is this not a good idea or is it just not that po...