My apologies for how long this post is, it's almost a full on financial advise session than a single question, just want to get some guidance as the main centerpiece to my situation is a house and renting.Here's a  qu...

Although it scares the hell out of my wife I am developing an interest in rental properties and I'd like some advice. I am fortunate enough to earn a very good living that allows for 3-4 days off per week due to a com...

Hi all,New to the forum and getting close to making my first rental investment and I'd like to be sure I'm thinking all of this through properly, so any feedback, tips, advice would be greatly appreciated! A little ba...

Hi everyone!  I was thinking of buying a turnkey for the first time and was comparing the turnkey prices with Zillow estimates of what the property was worth.  The difference is so big!  Now Zillow does not know what ...

Hi everybody, first post, thanks for being such a  great resource.We are looking at buying our first rental, it is a condo in a remote area (remote to us, the area itself is developed)my numbers on the one unit ive lo...

Hello everyoneI am 3 days new here in BP. My husband Eric and I have been really excited to find this site and we've started listening to its podcast and reading post here like crazy in these few days. But now we run ...

Hey BP folks,I've searched high and low to find an opinion on this buy-and-hold real estate investing strategy that my wife and I are employing and haven't come up with much.  I would love to hear some feedback on thi...

I have an accepted offer that is 20k over list price. Are there tips on influencing the appraisal or is that something I can't control?

Hi everyone,I am 26 years old from California and I just bought my first 2 rental properties in Chicago. When I bought these 2 houses I inherited the tenants as well. One has been at one house for 6 years and one has ...

On this property that I'm buying, the sellers have caused a number of issues after we went to contract.
As an example, due to a few issues caused by the sellers, we were only able to partially complete the home inspe...