Hey all. I would love some input from anyone that has owned a duplex but lived in it as a single family. I am buying a duplex and plan to live in it with my family for a few years and then will ultimately keep it as a...

When you're hiring a contractor, how do you handle payment. Will they want payment before? If so, it doesn't make much sense to pay until you're sure the work is complete, right?

It makes sense to me to pay half be...

I help a lot of landlords buy and rent out Chicagoland rental buildings. -- On occasion, the rental unit has gotten to be too outdated to attract quality renters.How do you determine the quality level for upgrades in ...

Tenant is a disabled veteran and is currently section 8. He is having back pain since the normal and functional toilet he has is too short.  I informed him to contact the VA so they can give him a special raised seat....

I want to buy commercial real estate as an investment with the intent of using some of the space to do something in the food space.  I'm on cape cod MA, upper cape specifically, where hundreds of thousands of tourista...

Stay went well and the guest said she loved the place so I am expecting a good review. However my cleaner found a stain on a bed skirt that will probably not come out. Plus, turns out the guest brought a dog and while...

Setting up a STR and looking for feedback on what the best choice for a coffee setup is. Not sure if a pot invites poor guest management of it and overuse of grinds than they need or if K Cups are just overpriced and ...

We have a farm in the NC mountains with 4 vacation rental cabins. Our local rental management company take 25% and we pay for all listings on VRBO/Homeaway/TripAdvisor/Flipkey, photos, videos, etc. They only take 10% ...

Hello guys, Going over my first lease agreement.  I bought a property a while back and I am about to rent it. I had a very general and perhaps dumb question regarding the lease. I bought the biggerpockets one and not ...

Hey all! Typically I have used 1k for earnest money.  Recently I was asked for 17k from the seller and a friend was asked for, buying another property, 10k.  Properties listed for 150k (17k) and 165k (10k). If anyone ...