Hey BP community,    Do you own anywhere from 1-10 SFH, duplex, triplex, quads or other properties that you manage yourself?  If you were gifted an elf that could tackle only one job, what would you have the elf do to...

I read a lot about hiring a contractor.  Has anyone ever calculated how much they saved by not using contractors and did most of the rehab work themselves? Or the real question is what percent of costs is going to con...

So, it came time to remodel my downstairs apartment how to get this done quickly so I ended up using a contractor to replace my tub & walls. It's not a full "rebath" as the old tub was removed and they used "acryl...

I'm currently working on development plans for two small office properties, one in Annapolis, MD and one in Washington, DC.

Cap rate on both , conservatively, would be approximately 7.2% ; that's at my sell p...

I have alluded in other threads on BP the past few weeks that we are saying Good Bye to long term tenants we inherited with a property bought two years ago.   We served them with a month ago with a notice of terminati...

I need some guidance involving what to do for a maintenance check. Tenants have been in the home for 1 year (2 yr lease). We have been in the home on a few occasions for various issues but have never done a specific c...

Hello Bigger Pockets community,My college roommate and I about to close on our first investment property! We got a good deal on a duplex in a growing neighborhood in Minneapolis, MN. We plan on living in one unit, whi...

Hello!  My name is Jennifer Clancy and this is my newbie story.  My husband and I became accidental landlords in August 2013, we had the opportunity to live in Australia and we took it.  We did not want to pay a mortg...

Hi, my wife and I have been looking at several properties in the Las Vegas Valley. We are constantly trying to find ways to streamline our process so we ca quickly decide if we are going to submit a bid or just move o...

I've owned a two-flat in Albany Park for about a year now. We've replaced the roof (18.5K, it was never torn off in 100 years) and redid kitchens and bathrooms. We're planning to replace our galvanized pipe with coppe...