I recently completed the EPA Certified Renovator Training. Today, I received the Email below. Now, the EPA is not satisfied with the certified renovator. They now want to add another layer of inspection ($$$, delay...

Anyone else coming across these? Some cities are now forcing sellers to have a city inspection before listing their homes on the market. Anything not up to code needs to be fixed prior to listing the home - in some ci...

Hello! First off, thank you for contributing to this incredible corner of the interweb.  Amazing to see sincere dedication to helping others in such a competitive field.  I have gained so much from lurking, time to ge...

I have a question for the seasoned landlords...How do you handle it if a tenant calls you about an issue that they feel is an emergency (which may or may not be an actual emergency) and you are not able to go over the...

Has anyone reviewed Mark Torok's "program" for taking title subject-to? I know that this mostly ties in with Phill Grove's AMPS program, but some of the folks I have talked with recently recommend it for informing th...

Has anyone dealt with objecting a subpeona to a land trust to disclose beneficiaries. Apparently it is easy to send a subpeona to the trustee to get beneficiaries information. What is the value of a land trust if it i...

I've been working with a contractor on some renovations and they are threatening to take me to court.  We do not have any signed contracts in place.  What we have is a good spreadsheet with a list of tasks, and as the...

At the link below, there is a survey from University Presidents. An excerpt from the link is below regarding the content from the survey.  Seems like helpful information when analyzing current/future rentals in colleg...

Hey BP friends,I was wondering if any of you had invested in Airbnb properties overseas, and if so, if you had some comparable metrics with some US-based markets? Average PP, Vacancy, ADR, ROI, tax advantages, etc.I'm...

The other day, I had an interesting conversation with the executive director of the Ohio Department of Commerce. He had called me in response to a complaint I filed against a broker who asked me not to make any offers...