I live in the top floor of a duplex, and had a gentleman stop by today asking to rent the bottom unit. He stated that he and his family are illegal immigrants, but have decent jobs and enough income to meet a portion ...

Hello all,I just purchased and renting out my first single family home at the beginning of the month. The new tenants are a family and I've gotten several texts about different items in the unit within the first two d...

I've never purchased a property with the intention of flipping. Always with the plan of buy and hold. I know many flippers look for property that they can buy at 70% of ARV minus the cost of repairs. I assume this equ...

I have a confession: my only duplex, which I gave owned now for 2 years and recently moved out of from a house hack, has proven to cost me more to maintain/pay taxes/repair/fix etc to the point where my cash flow is c...

Ok, I am puzzled about the Chinese Drywall problem, issue or hazard....I just discovered the subject as the topic of several posts....  I had not heard of Chinese Drywall until today so far as I can remember.  The rea...

Hello,My tenant currently pays below market rent at least by $200 a month. They are a couple and keep the home really clean.I am afraid increasing the rent will make them want to move out. The tenant once admitted he ...

I purchased a property about six months ago that went through a three piecemeal inspections with a home inspection firm.  Each home inspection didn't cover the entire house, but only portions of the house they were ab...

Hi BP Community-

I'm dealing with my first maintenance call on my first rental and I have two questions:

1). When sending a service person out to your rental (plumber, electrician, etc), I know I have an ethical (a...

I brought my taxes to a larger CPA in the Milwaukee area around the beginning of April and they are still not done. I called about two weeks ago and they said that there were three people ahead of me. I called back to...

I went to my unit to work today while the tenant was at work. I noticed the smoke / Carbon monoxide detector had the batteries pulled. I texted him and he said it keeps going off when he cooks and even when he puts so...