My sister just accepted a job in Austin, Texas.  She's starting on June 1st. She was told that in Austin, it's not possible to look for a house to rent in advance.  The advice was to come down a couple of days ahead o...

We purchased a property that requires some rehab and repairs with the intent to use it as a rental. This will be under my personal name (sole proprietorship). I had originally thought, "I'll figure out the tax stuff l...

hello everyone, I wanted to know how you guys get leads other then bandit signs and going out to look for distressed property I plan to start a direct mail campaign and I wanted to know what search engines you guys us...

I will preface this post by saying that I am an Engineer with some experience on environmental matters.Black / dirty air vents and ducts in my condo rental spotted by a prospective tenant expecting a baby.  I am not l...

With all of the crazy changes to material and land cost- is there a current "not totally made up" rule of thumb for the cost of new construction?  One of places with or without labor.

Hey everyone, I am trying to give wholesaling virtually a shot. I have narrowed down to wholesaling properties in Texas or Florida. Can anyone recommend some websites or resources for finding properties? Also, what ar...

I am fairly new to MTR and was curious what vacancy and lead times tend to look like around this time of year? I have a condo that will be available in early November. I have been using only Furnished Finder for my fi...

Has anyone used oncarrot.com for their site? Any other sites that I should be looking at....just looking for a template to get my site off the ground.

I've also looked at investorpro.com and, of course, just...

I've spent some time driving around the neighborhood looking for vacant houses. Some of these are clearly abandoned while others show more nuanced signs of vacancy.  I want to send a letter out to these owners and I'd...

Happy Thanksgiving to the BP Community Members!I wanted to briefly introduce myself, make an invitation for connections, and ask a question of the members?My Name is Robert Bohigian, wife is Denise Bohigian ( She crea...