Hi BP, I am curious the process others use when screening potential tenants to fill a vacancy (with a standard 12 month lease). I own 4 buy and hold units and have a fixed standard I use that weeds out a lot of folks ...

There's a property up here in NJ where the Mother passed away back in March of last year. The son (and only heir - the Mother died intestate) from Deerfield Beach, FL (Broward Co.) comes up a few months to clean up th...

I'm surprised I haven't seen this posted yet. I just came across this last night.

In April it will be illegal to work on your own house. Anyone doing work on properties built before 1978 have to n...

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I have recently purchased my first student rental property at Waterloo which is 1500 sqr feet with 7 bedrooms(3 second story, 2 main floor, 2 basement) and 2 bathrooms. It was after i purchased that i started rea...

I'm a realtor in Oregon. My principle broker last week dropped a bomb on us, saying that balloon payments are going (have gone?) bye bye, and that most people who are going to carry notes on their own properties, will...

My tenants moved out at the end of the month because I would not renew their lease. Problem is that they left lots of things that they say they want, but have not come back for. New tenants are asking what to do with ...

Hello BP,I am trying to understand how property taxes work in Columbus to better analyze property. From the government website, " Ohio law requires counties to revalue all real property every six years with an update ...

Yet another bill to tighten the grip of rent control in California.. do people think there is a chance it will pass ? 

Hi BP friends,I applied for a HELOC on my investment property, and I'd like to use it as contingency fund when I need to invest in another investment property in future. May I know if the interests from that HELOC is ...

I'm looking to getting in this market but it seems a little tricky. The trailers around where I live are kinda of on the expensive end. Ranging from 5-10k. Anybody have any advice on rent to own trailers? How long is ...