Okay, odd question.  I work overseas full time, and I don't currently have my own personal residence back in the US.  I was considering perhaps looking at an FHA loan to purchase an investment property in my home stat...

I hired a guy to repair vinyl siding and replace the aluminum fascia. I also paid him to do seamless gutters. He hired a sub for the gutters. They did a good job. I think he didn’t pay them and they came back and took...

Hey BP Fam, I’m about a month and a half into my pursuit of my first fix and flip in the DFW area in Texas. Here’s my issue, I’m finding plenty of opportunities and what I’m finding is that when I personally go out to...

My GC disappeared two weeks ago. He'd been working daily on my first investment property for the last 3 1/2 months here in Tampa, FL and we'd built a very good relationship. Or so I thought. For the time being, I'll s...

I’m seeking advice on how to handle a challenging situation with noisy upstairs neighbors in an upscale Miami apartment community. We have lived in our apartment for nearly three years without any issues, but since Ap...

Hi all, we’re looking to buy our first investment property. We live in Southern California but have a lot of family in the north east. We would like to start building our portfolio with a long term rental, preferably ...

I've heard it a million times, "never rent to family." Being the naive person that I was -- possibly still is -- I didn't listen. I rented my condo out to a family member in 2013. By early 2014, I noticed their rent p...

To begin, I'd like to thank you for your time and interest in the topic of Marijuana and Vacation Rentals. Though a lengthy introduction, I felt it would be best to give everyone a solid base to ask questions and begi...

I took out a hard money loan for a rehab project. Purchase price was $51,000 and the rehab escrow was $60,000. I've worked with this lender before and the fee is always 5 points plus $2500 with 1% of the loan to be...

I put in a new basement carpet a bit over 10 years ago. I have had a couple different tenants since, the last for 6 years. When they moved out the carpet was pretty shot...but it is 10 years old. The entire house (3br...