We rented a property by way of a property manager. The tenant has been nitpicking from day one. They’ve sent in all kinds of maintenance request which many of them seem to be petty and bogus. For example they sent a m...

Pic #1: This is the water I found in one of my  rentals that’s about 5’ below grade. This came AFTER we had finished doing a foundation waterproofing around the perimeter of the house! - How could this happen!?I had t...

Hi everyone,I've got a weird question today.  My husband has been working on our ancient 4plex including what started as a small handful of repairs at one of the units where a tenant's been living for about 18 years (...

As the topic states, sometimes when I speak with individuals new to real estate they will often site Trulia and or zillow to pull comps.

Thats not for a general estimate mind you, but for actual comps for the subject...

Actually, I inherited THREE terrible tenants. But one is causing me more of a pain than the other two put together. Here's the summary of my three tenants:1. The continually late nice guy - artist. living paycheck to ...

I got out of the stock market in 2009 after taking a $300k loss. Ironically, I had made about the same amount by actually predicting the crash and shorting the market at the top. I thought I could predict the upturn a...

Not a hypothetical. Goal is to replace W2 income, initially. 

Never have I ever seen any other industry so ready and willing to  give out so much information about how to profit from real estate to  potential/ future competitors. I find it interesting and even a bit suspicious. ...

I am new to RE discussions nad the BP community. I just noticed people here are VERY open to helping and giving advice/guidance.  For some reason... I feel these are red flags, but maybe am wrong. I come from the onli...