Good tenant always pays on time. Recently had plumber come out to the property. Plumber told be that the tenants son , his girlfriend and babie who are not on the least are now living in the shed in the backyard. Is ...

Our rental property is a very well kept, historic home, built in 1924, located outside of Seattle.  We moved our current tenants in October 2014.  Within 4 days, they (the wife, in particular) had caused $12K in plumb...

I have several SF rentals in Contra Costa County, which I've managed myself for 9 years.Also have 1 2-story apartment/townhouse that was managed by a friend's PM company. It wasn't a happy experience, so I found anoth...

A while ago I began the process of buying a 3br 1 bath 1920s Tudor in a C-class neighborhood in Minneapolis.  Final sale price was $191k.  Actually, the price that we had originally agreed on was $182.5k, but th...

I am a new real estate investor in south Florida. Work as a plumber full time/trader part time. And Wanted to hear stories of other investors and how they started out with their first few rental properties. Cons and p...

Hi all,I'm looking to purchase my 1st investment property and need some assistance with funding.Single Family Home - NW Suburbs of ChicagoPurchase $100kRehab $70kARV $390kCurrent 'As Is' value ~ $250kI have $20k cash ...

This is a continued post from another discussion I had on BP which I received much assistance with.I discovered a property I bought in Las Vegas had $20,000 of plumbing problems which were not disclosed in the SPD. I ...

I bought my first property earlier this year in Chicago and it has a sump pump in the basement unit. Being that this is my first property and I have never dealt with sump pumps before I had someone come out and look a...

I managed a rental by myself for a few years. I have this tenant moved in since Jun this year. In end of Oct, I got a message that the garbage disposal stopped working and there was leak under the sink. I went there t...

One of my homes has had the sewer trap clog 3 times in the past year, with sewage backing up into the basement from the washer drain pipe. I would like to figure out how to do some prevention. Any ideas? I have though...