I had a tenant text me this morning telling me that they moved out of the property last month.  There was no prior communication of the tenant vacating.  The lease was a 5 year lease and each year was guaranteed unles...

Hi BP Community,I think I found a good duplex to purchase for house hacking that works number wise.  This will be my first investment so I am trying to make sure it goes well to set me up for future investments.  I di...

hello .I am new to this forum so please bear with me because I am a new landlord . I would appreciate any advice you can give me. I did not want dogs but the rental company lied to me and hid this from me. They did no...

Hello,We are buying our first duplex. After the inspection about to ask for a price reduction. Since this is our first time I was wondering on opinions of others on how much to ask and how to include the cost of labor...

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I am in the process of purchasing my second duplex. It's identical to another one that I own right next door. I am currently charging 1350 / month and most of the renters are college students. I ...

I currently live in Southern California but am looking to invest out of state.  The main reason is due to the housing market here, a lot of money only gets you a little and not much room for cash flow unless you are a...

Hi! I’m new to real estate investing. I’m looking at a townhome in my area that’s on auction for a starting bid of $37k with estimated resale of around $200k I would plan on using it as a rental and it could probably ...

I've learned a bunch over the course of the past few months, both by reading whatever I can get my hands on, as well as some of the great posts on this site.  For someone like me who is just starting out in real estat...

I was recently on a phone conversation with a fix and flip investor who was giving me advise on rehab costs. I explained that a particular house I was thinking of walking away from was not a good deal because it was t...

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I just opened escrow on my first property! It's a 3 unit, single building home and I am super excited about it. It's an old 1910 California craftsman style home with 2700 sqft in a historic nei...