My husband and I recently bought our first house to rent, it was a big step taken after much research and thanks in part to what I have learned from BP!I've been marketing it for several weeks (posting a few times a d...

Hello everyone. I've been a BP member for a few months now, and I've previously been documenting my progress here:

http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/67333-a-newbies-birddogging-journal

I decided to star...

Why is no-none talking about this? It will cap increases to 5% plus inflation and you can no longer evict at no fault after the lease is up. This is a big deal

Problem...... - Utilities From HELL!!!!My client has the property from hell, with an old-school forced air furnace.....I was able to get them great tenants at a great rate..... only to find the blood sucking heat drai...

We bought a recently remodeled home (our first investment property) and are about to start getting it ready to rent. We haven't yet handed over the keys to the PM and my mentor is encouraging me to self-manage. The pr...

I was out looking at homes today and found a for sale by owner that looked like crap on the outside. After talking with the home owners daughter, she said they were looking to sell the home for $6,000. After talking w...

Went to the building dept in my town today, I have some electrical work that needs to be completed in order to get a clean certificate of occupancy, anyway they said that i needed a licensed electrician to do all of ...

This may be the strangest thing I have ever encountered in my time as a landlord. Here's a little background info: This property is managed by my property manager. It is rented at the highest amount it ever has been. ...