Looking for additional advice on getting my vacant units rented out before the holidays. Here is a quick backstory: College town, not a super-fast moving rental market, but have had 4 units on the market since July wi...

Hello BP.The best I could get for commercial mortgage with my credit and personal profile is 5.5% 5Y ARM. I am refinancing 5 properties at LTV 60%, loan amount is $395,000. Lender is a small local bank.The DD took for...

Hiya BP community - I am an investor & STR host in Annapolis, Maryland. I have been hosting my SFH property in both VRBO and Airbnb for nearly two years. Had a record year last year and I am thinking with a bit mo...

Ok, we’ve all heard the excuse and maybe even used it ourselves at one point. “I don’t want to fix toilets, so I wouldn’t be a good landlord.”

Well, that may be so for some and I wasn’t exactly excited for the toil...

Hi BP! My husband and I own and occupy an SFR in the SF Bay Area.  With real estate prices so high around here, we're unwilling to invest in another property until this bubble bursts. Therefore, we're thinking about t...

Hello, first time landlord here. I recently renovated my first rental property. We listed on Facebook got around 25 inquiries. Also listed on rent redi. My question is this do you make prospective tenants fill out cre...

Rent is due on the 1st. I offer a grace period of sorts through the 5th with no late fee. Once the 6th comes there is a $50 late fee and then $10 each additional day.I have had to collect this once ($60.00). Tenant ne...

I'm in the midst of renovating a house to serve as a long term rental. I hired a contractor to put in a tile flooring with the look and feel of wood. The contractor gave me a bid that included 'Floor Prep' as a line...

I'm preparing to send my first wave of direct mail in the next couple days (planning to buy the list on Saturday [600/700 or so] and yellow letters on Sunday) and I've sort of been ignoring the idea of doing direct ma...

Hello,I'm a basic member of Lifestyles Unlimited here in DFW.  We are comfortable right now with our membership level because it gains us access to the basic education, forms/paperwork for SF, vendor lists, discounts,...