Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $107,000

Cash invested: $30,341

Purchased a duplex and asked for it to be vacant upon closing. We (my partne...

I am about to serve a 3 day pay or quit to a tenant that has fallen behind on their rent. The question is...would it be better for me to go in person to serve the 3 day pay or vacate notice? Or is it better to send it...

1957 Old House - What type of inspection needed? Lead Paint Test?Good morning BP community, i am getting close to purchasing a 1957 old brick house, some of the rehab has been done already. One of items that came up w...

Is anyone aware of how to qualify a home you built as energy efficient via this irs form?

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8908.pdf

My tax accountant mentioned this to me and this is the first I've heard of it. Aust...

Hey everyone, I am a new member from the small town of Pine Level, NC. I started working as a real estate appraiser in January of 2013. I hope to become certified in the beginning of 2015. After seeing more and more h...

Living and working in North Atlanta is my life! My name is Mary Ellen Vanaken and I was born and raised in Long Island, New York. After graduating from college, I worked on Wall Street for JP Morgan in New York City. ...

Hi everyone,What are people's thoughts and experience with the 203k loan? Were you happy with the work of the contractors and the overall process?A few more technical questions. Can you live in the house during the re...

Neighbor was contacted about trees leaning heavily toward house by tenant. Neighbor refused to cut trees down.One tree fell on tenants RV, totaling it. Tenant had to claim against their own insurance. There are additi...

Hello everyone! I have a friend in a situation where there are Section 8 tenants. The tenant complained about lead-based paint and found that their child had lead poisoning. Now, my friend is required to either remove...

My brother has a property under contract and looking to move the process along as fast as possible.  He doesn't like the reviews for the first contractor that came to see the property.  Does anyone have a recommendati...