This is my first time being a landlord and it's safe to say I'm not very good at it (yet). I came across Bigger Pockets a few months ago and am now seriously considering pursuing REI, but realize I need to change how ...

Bear with me. These things are always a bit complicated. Our rental is a triplex in California. We had a new tenant move into the middle unit about a month ago. Tenants on either side have lived there for 7+ years. Te...

Hi,I'm new to note investing and I am considering a JV arrangement to get my feet wet and learn more about the process.  Is it typical in a JV arrangement for the newbie to provide ALL the money and the experienced pe...

How are you? just a quick thought on how and where to find good cash flow such as multi-family unit ? which market? If you have 300-400k cash from your home equity loan, how would you invest this money? buy many sing...

Let's say you have your property, and everything is going according to plan with your REI. How often do you want your PA doing a walkthrough of your tenant occupied units? Is this allowed? If so, is there a difference...

This past week when checking on something in the attic of one of our active rehabs, our handyman gave us a call explaining how he had found some pretty disturbing items. When he had been in there a month prior, the pl...

Had dinner one night last week with another guy who has had rentals for about 15 years and naturally the topic turned to deadbeats and why it's not their fault that they don't have the rent. The following is a compila...

I have a remodeled, multifamily building in an smaller, old railroad town which has been down on its luck for a while, but seems to be slowly improving. As such, the core neighborhoods are pretty scrappy looking and m...

A guy called me yesterday and asked about an apartment we have for rent. I gave him the info then he asked, "Do you rent to felons?"

I was a little surprised and responded, "What do you mean?"

He expla...