Honestly, both of these terms I am not completely comfortable with. I "lord"over no land and I feel uncomfortable when I tell people that I am a real estate investor.

I think the term landlord needs a change. It p...

A warm greeting to all from the balmy tropics of Bangkok where I have lived since 2010.  I have been out of the US for work since 2006, sold my one piece of real estate I owned there in 2016, and am looking to diversi...

Hello BP!We have owned a duplex for about 7 months, it had long term tenants (9 years), they are both in their 70's.  From the first time we met them during the initial walkthrough, they were not happy, with just abou...

I love automating my rental business. Here is a short list of what I have automated so far:1) Showing pre-screening: After getting some ideas from other Bigger Pockets users, I automated gathering information from pot...

Hey guys! I'd like to know which flooring's you've tried and think are best for your rentals.I'm on my first property, which is a duplex and I'm looking at using $2/sqft Porcelain "Wood" Tile. The only thing I'm worri...

I am in the middle of handwriting my first batch of letter (109). I can't imagine doing this for 250 or even 500 letters. My hand in cramping and this is really time consuming. Can someone please share with me some al...

I have read that yellow letters cost less based on response rate. I have read about people doing very well just mailing postcards. I understand that the list I pull is a factor and  testing and tweaking is something I...

I currently have a property that I had listed for rent for $1550. I haven’t had much luck within a couple days, as I’m used to with my other listings, so reduced it to $1495. It’s been at $1495 for about a week now. I...

I thought it would interesting to share some recent experience we have had with some of these instruments. To that extent, an illustration of the pain that can come with working with an instrument that is not the...