Hello all!So, I've been in this landlord game quite some time now, and my second largest business expense is mildew abatement.Let me explain.Most of my properties are in Monterey County, where we get a lot of humidity...

I bought a condo that's been a student rental for 23 years.  It was actually what I would call "student clean" when I got it, so it only took an hour of vacuuming per room to get it to the point where the carpets coul...

Hello everyone, I'm looking to get some advice on this situation with a tenant in my property. 
I own a condo unit and this tenant has been living there for a few months now. Soon after they moved in, they asked me i...

Hi BP, I plan to utilize the following strategies ( Direct Mailers, Craigslist, Eviction Records, RE Auctions & BP Market Place etc...) to find a LTRs off market.  I don't want to exhaust all of my capital, I curr...

I'm looking at a multi-unit deal in Delaware County right now where the current owner pays all utilities except in-unit electricity. According to numbers I've received from the listing agent, the annual heating/oil ex...

A Guide to Modeling and Overcoming Analysis ParalysisI am a numbers person by nature and often consider excel to my second home for my 9 to 5 job and so I can relate to those who find themselves wanting to exhaustivel...

I am seeking advice.I recently purchased my first house with a 5% downpayment. My goal was to occupy one of the 4 bedrooms and rent out the other 3 to room mates. I purchased this house knowing that the roof needed to...

I see three forces complicating things for many buy-and-holders using the 1031 exchange: 1) COVID is causing many to diversify their holdings to mitigate potential losses. In other words, their need to use the 1031 ex...

After posting my initial BP post a couple of weeks ago about picking an investment market, I received some great advice from a bunch of folks of how to find an OOS market. Using the tips and advice received I have bee...

Just finished watching a video on how to buy commercial RE by a guy who wrote a book for dummies. He makes it sound so simple and easy. If RE investment is so simple and succesful, why not more people do it? In other ...