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In the last few months, I have met a few retiring landlords who were looking to unload their properties. When I looked at the properties, I was really surprised at just how junky they were. They were a bunch of ...
Arizona's Top Water Official: "We're Going To Have To Live With Less Water" "I never thought this day would come this quickly ... But I think we always knew that this day was potentially out there," he said.
Lake Po...
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This is my first post and before I continue, I'd like to thank the BP community for their extreme awesomeness. I have learned a lot in an incredibly short time - 3 weeks - and I see no end in sight for learning much m...
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Hello Bigger Pockets Community. Thank you in advance for your insight and discussion.
We are beginning Landlords and living in one of our investment properties (duplex). Our upstairs tenants decided to buy and bri...
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So I’ve been dealing with one of those ‘tenant from hell’ types for the last couple years in my SFR in Moreno Valley, CA.
He’s been violating city codes by illegally operating an auto repair business on the premise...
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Just saw the (pretty harsh) results from a survey about the new VRBO service fee, and I was curious to see what you all thought of this.Has the new fee been affecting your vacation rental bookings? Are any of you plan...
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I found this UBS article while doing some research last night. Some folks on BP may benefit from it:What Is "Wealthy"?After reading this and several related articles the consensus seems to be around $5M to be conside...
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I am still having a tough time understanding 'cashing out the appreciation' of a house - I still don't fully understand how it works, but I was wondering, does anyone here live off of that? IE - buy property for $150...
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Hi guys-I hired a contractor to do exterior and interior renovations at an apartment I own. Exterior work was to be completed first, then move to the interior. Cost of the exterior was estimated (agreed to and signed)...