We’ve just passed the one year ownership mark, so I wanted to use this milestone occasion to update the BP community on our progress with the 18-unit package of condos that we purchased from a retiring landlord.First,...

A quick little background about myself. I recently turned 20 years old and gave up baseball about six months ago to work full time while going to school full time. I am a math major so numbers have always been my stre...

I am terrible at understanding ROI. In my bottom-line thinking, there's either profit or there is not. Assuming I'm using my own funds, I understnd there's ROI when I buy and sell, but how do I figure ROI when I add...

I'm bored to death sitting in Quito. That is in Ecuador, on a LONG flight delay. I just put a deal together to sell a foreign property I wasn't counting on and it should net a fair amount.     I've always tried to ...

I hate my job and want to quit ASAP. I'd like to leave next year after bonuses (Feb 2015). I am going to be a buy and hold investor using a management company. I have a nice pile of cash saved up to invest.

I...

Economic Update(Monday, December 7, 2020)
Everyone keeps asking when will Congress pass a new stimulus package that our economy so desperately needs? The good news is that Congress is once again considering severa...

Hi, I'm a newish landlord and could use some advice.I have a tenant moving out this month who has generally been a good tenant other than she is moving out a few months early (although our market is super hot so not a...

Hello, I am new to the forum but not exactly new to landlording or rental houses. I have been a "part time" landlord for the last 8 years and have 3 rental houses. This started as supplemental income and I've learned ...

Hello BP CommunityFull Transparency Coming: I've been a participant of BP for a few years now and I use the word "participant" very loosely. Meaning, I've been someone who has been watching from the sidelines for too ...

I would appreciate some input on an old 60s bathroom.  It is a rental apartment and I am reworking some plumbing behind the walls.This is a picture of the bathroom.  As you can see ugly teal 4" ceramic wall tiles, whi...