I have a pretty good job that I've been working at for many years. We have good credit and some money saved. I've listened to many of the podcasts on BP, ready many posts here and have learned a lot.

What I...

My wife has expressed concern about allowing people who are applying for our properties to know our home address (to send applications when they need to be mailed).  Even tenants who pay for rent know our address so t...

I received a call from concerned neighbors. This Tenant normally goes for walks every day. Nobody has seen him for three days, his lights are on, and his truck has not moved. I go over for a welfare check and find him...

During my closing today - I wholesaled a house in Zion, Illinois and made $5,309.84 - my real estate attorney approached me and introduced me to a real estate agent - let's call her Pam.  I can see a sense of skeptici...

I just received an email from Phil and Shenoah Grove requesting investors to join forces and fight against a bill being proposed to legislation which will effectively STOP investors, buyers and sellers ability to purc...

I am confused.  I have heard Lease Option, Lease Purchase and Rent To Own.  I am not sure I am speaking the same language when I refer to Rent To Own versues lease option.Can someone explain the difference to me?  Her...

Hey guys,

Do you use biggerpockets.smartmove.com for your tenant screening? If so, how do you like it compared to others? If not, why not and who do you use? I used it for my prop and it seemed to work really well. W...

I've read through the voter information guide as well as the text of the proposition on ballotpedia.  Section 3f states "To exempt the owners of one or two residential dwellings from any local rental control law."  Ne...

When I first started purchasing houses I had a Realtor find me a lot of deals. Once the houses were renovated I had her put the houses up for Lease on MLS. She would have the prospective tenants run a background check...