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My name is Florence and I'm very new to real estate and to the United States (I hail from New Zealand). I'm newly married and my husband and I rent a townhouse in San Mateo, California. Before I met m...

Tenants die from carbon monoxide poisoning and the landlord was charged with homicide. And you thought you only needed to worry about the rent being late!

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-lilord1009,0,6148701.st...

So I'm in the tail end of a rehab, already under contract. I bought a magnolia tree and some azaleas. I am extremely familiar with the neighborhood, I grew up in this house. It is a one lane, dead end gravel road, ver...

I hope everyone had a terrific three day weekend, but welcome back to the real world ;) While you were out grillin' steaks and drinkin' at the lake, Josh Dorkin was hard at work putting the finishing touches on the de...

Hi, I have been thinking about making vacation rental stands out from the crowd. We know some of the key search criteria in some areas that you need to have in order to get more bookings, like hot tub or grill.Wonder ...

I bought a house in Fort Collins, CO, with a three-car garage that the seller used to work on old cars. It has lot of oil stains on the garage floor and smells like solvents.I tried a couple of cleaners with a pressur...

I bought a mining cabin turned methlab/earth ship with the intention of fixing it up selling it to a normal person. It had a wood stove and some randomly distributed electric heaters, but they are all gone. I would ne...

I am often asked this question:  "What is my biggest financial risk in buying/owning a short-term rental property?"
Lots of things come immediately to mind:  Septic problems, a new roof, HVAC failure, lower-than-proj...

Hey allWanted to get some advice on startup costs and cash flow breakdown for 2-bedroom STR condos in the midwest demographic where most of your cash flow comes in the warm months.  Specifically, we are in traverse ci...

Hello BP friends! I am excited to be a part of the BP community and I look forward the learning, relationship building and success ahead.I have some experience in real estate speculating, good luck and good timing; w...