I have a SFR with 2 units. There is only 1 meter for utilities at this property so utilities are included in the monthly rent. I have verbiage in the signed lease as follows:

Utilities – Reasonable utilities are in...

Up until yesterday I've always thought it was ideal to split as many utilities as possible, always.  My thought was this, if a faucet is dripping (or worse) I want them to think "I'm paying for that water" and either ...

Hey BP Community,Looking for someone who has experience planning apartment complexes from scratch: specifically how to know what size each unit should be, whether to include washer/dryer hook-ups in the unit vice a co...

It seems in many property analysis posts BPers use 10% as an estimate for monthly PM costs.

What about the leasing fee (which in my area is the first months rent)? The 10% PM rate would underestimate this ex...

I was narrowing down comps on a house and noticed that 2 comps were extremely high and if used would push my comps up by 70k. Using comps purchased by "jane doe" the house comes to be around 188,000. If I include the ...

Hi all. Im curious to know, when your contractors' give you a 10k estimate (for example) to rehab the kitchen in your house, what exactly does that include? How does he/she know the materials you want in the kitchen. ...

Hi all,
I self-manage a “balanced” retirement trust portfolio for my wife and myself. The balanced portfolio is nothing too sexy, it just requires periodic rebalancing to keep investments in pre-planned proportions. ...

If I do a subject-to for deed at closing, and insurance and taxes are included in the mortgage payment, does the owner cancel the insurance policy? And would this not affect the monthly payment?

I doubt the bank will...

Hi all - I've heard that it's a good idea to create a "binder" of basic documentation (both personal and related to a property) when approaching lenders about purchasing an existing rental property. I would be p...

I just bought my first rental in 2018 and was just issued my first 1099 MISC.  The number in the rent box that was issued by my property management company is more than double what I have in my records as received ren...