Last November I closed on an owner-occupied duplex in Provo, Utah for $280,000.  We put 10% down with a Portfolio Loan from US Bank but since my wife is an agent, we got 3% right back.  Seller paid closing costs which...

Looking for feedback from those using Rently, a lockbox/service which allows prospective tenants to let themselves in to view a property. http://use.rently.com/how-rently-works/Seems a little scary to me. Any horror s...

It’s been about seven months since I bought my primary residence. Luckily, I had done some research going in to the deal so I had at least some idea of what to do. But of course, you won’t really know or learn everyth...

Hey y'all.  I'm Kurt and boy do I understand the phrase "you don't know what you don't know" because, well, I know so vanishingly little about real estate investing that pretty much everything is a recursive "don't kn...

Often, prospective tenants will come and request a certain demand. - “ Well, can you paint this a different color “ - “ Well, what about the outside, will you update the gardens? “ - what about the dust? Seems dusty e...

Last night on the news there was a story about nightmare tenants George Zimmer and Jennifer Zimmer. They have been screwing landlords in Sioux Falls, Florida and possibly Chicago for years. I heard the name and realiz...

Hello, Currently my partners and I have SFHs, duplexes and fourplexes. We have be researching going to more to maybe 8-16 units properties (the largest in our area for the most part) OR investing in other peoples deal...

Hi everyone, I'm looking into entering a very niche market of providing a "Crash pad" to military officers going through long training courses. These individuals are on 3-5 month assignments, and are reimbursed for ho...

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This thread is to the active membership here on BP and for the benefit of the new members who come to our site, as well as all of us.

It has been brought to my attention from several members who are ...