For those of you in the South Carolina/ Georgia coastal areas, do you purchase a termite bond to cover your buy and hold rental properties? Or, do you choose to do preventative maintenance yourself, via sprays and...

In the past few weeks, we've (our company) made offers to several SFRs and the inspection reports typically highlight "significant findings" that make us question whether to proceed with those deals or not. Some of th...

Hello everyone, I own a cabin in Sevierville TN and I recently discovered that a noise my guests were hearing every morning was being caused by a woodpecker that is stopping by for a visit.  I read online about the us...

I have put an offer on a house which has termites in a specific location. The house is concrete block. I am considering to still buy the home if the sellers to pay for the repairs. I understand later on when selling t...

I was just alerted that one of my tenants saw a mouse in her kitchen. Immediately, I went and called a local pest control company to get a quote to take care of the issue. For $275, I will get three visits from them. ...

Hi BP! I wanted to share my rookie mistake. We have purchased two SFH with inherited tenants. The first was in February and the second this past month. While we were closing on the second rental, we did a new lease fo...

Hi BP Community,I just got an accepted offer on a Duplex in a class C neighborhood.  After accounting for vacancy, maintenance, capex, and property management I'm looking to cashflow around $415 per month with an 18% ...

1. Tenant signed a 1 year lease, with a Move-In form with pictures; and the pictures showed the house with no insects. 2. A few days later, the tenant says there's trash and mice droppings in the kitchen cabinets. 3. ...

My tenants separated and have gone different ways. They left a large accumulation of trash and personal effects. One sent me an e-mail that he had relocated to another state. The other is MIA. Tried calling them with ...

A termite company found extensive termite damage on the deck of our house and is offering to do a repair/remodel and bringing it up to code for $15,000. Our deck is very old and needs a lot of work, but this still see...