We have all heard the horror stories, trashing the place, pouring concrete down the toilet. Just starting out as a landlord is tough to come to terms with. With everyone around you talking so negative about it, It t...

I have a cheap little house. I have 50K in it selling at 65K. I have a buyer with 25K down that wants a 1 year loan @ 6% until they can get there affairs together for a conventional loan. I am almost seeing see th...

Smoke detectors – Use actual smoke to test the sensor. By spraying smoke into the alarm, you get a true indication if the alarm works. The “test battery” button only test the battery. The sensor is just as important. ...

Hey guys. I live in Seattle and I'm looking to gain experience and exposure in the real estate realm. Hope to gain that here on the Bigger Pockets. 

Recently 2 distressed homes on my street sold for 20 k . The Zillow estimate on my house went from 95k to 50k , I’m thinking because of that . Now when I sell ,can I expect to only get the price on Zillow , even thoug...

So I've never purchased a rental, and never really planned on it, but I found a home for 500 dollars. Zillow says its worth 80K, and rentslicer says it will rent for $750/mon. Its 1700 sq. ft., and I have a call in fo...

Hello, looking for some advice as a new property manager. I recently bought a duplex and I am in the process of finding a tenant for one of the units. Had a few showing the other day and I fond what I thought was a gr...

Hello community: A fellow member here from New York who is very interested in the Bronx market. I believe once the feeding frenzy is done with Brooklyn and Queens, Bronx will be next up if we're not already there.  

I had a showing yesterday and the perspective tenant offered to pay all 6 months up front he "really needed somewhere to live".

However he turned in his app with no past landlords for reference. Said he has l...

Hi guys,One of my tenants wants to move her adult daughter with her. The daughter  is a single gal and moving form out of state so she does not have a job yet. She is 21 years old…The tenant is paying on time so far a...