Just curious about those who do their own painting. How long does it take you to paint an avg. size room. Let's assume:

- a 10x12 room
- ceiling one color, with a simple piece of moulding in the same color
- walls a ...

cc: @James Hamling So today is very interesting. Job market is extremely robust that we add 300k jobs than 150k predicted job. In theory this should not be good news because then Fed would have reason to keep the inte...

Would you guys ever consider buying a 200 unit apartment complex, that’s section 8 as well as it only having 1 bedroom floor plans?

Picked up a four-plex for my first hold. It's pretty rough, C neighborhood at best. Two lower units wrecked, one vacant one occupied. Two upper units are perfect with great tenants.

So, tenants in unit 1 are selling...

Newbie here! I have my first investment property under contract and have a list of items I will be working on upgrading before renting it out. The roof currently has two layers and IS NOT leaking but does show signi...

Female tenant living alone. I gave her a notice because she had her boyfriend staying there when she was not home. I told her I could add him to the lease if he passed a background check. He did not pass. Now, do I tr...

Hi all! I purchased a duplex in Chicago and inherited the tenant from hell. She is running a daycare out of the unit, she has a cat and a dog, her girlfriend clearly lives there with her, she puts her garbage on the b...

Sometimes people struggle with how to employ negotiating tactics that they read about in real world situations.  The BP community has probably collectively negotiated more real estate deals than any other group in the...

I have been following the "Is it possible to get rich" thread, and I got to wondering, "What is my number?" I think we all have or should have a number/goal in mind to think we have it "made". I know it is always said...