We just went live with our first short term rental.  I know great timing.  We have had 3 people send requests for booking on HomeAway in the first 2 weeks of being live.  Of the ones we have received, one was for 29 d...

Hey gang! I've had an account here for a few years but I'm just now getting into it. I plan to be as active here as I can as I learn and grow my business moving forward. 
A little about me, I'm 34, a full time first ...

Stay away from Evolve Vacation Rental. We started working with them 3 years ago. It started well enough, bit in the last year, they have ceased following my instructions for minimum night stays, and they leave cancel...

Hello BP’ers!I really hope I can make this situation make sense in writing…Bottom line is, how do we fire a property manager we can’t get in touch with, but also is still depositing rent checks into our account?We own...

On the day of closing ( today ) final walk through, my investor friend found that the property he is going to close got minor water leakage in the kitchen. My friend has asked the seller to fix the issue, and sent an ...

Here's another tip for working with hard money lenders.Allow the lender time to look at and respond to your loan request. Don’t inundate the lender with a barrage of emails or messages. The lender should be responding...

I would just like to have a discussion on proper etiquette.  I have been having a lot of issues with so called  investor "professionals" lately not returning phone calls when I call to inquire on properties they have ...

BP Agents,I recently read a statistic from an American university that said 81% of people respond to direct marketing efforts on the 5th contact. This was not real estate specific, and the 4th contact yielded a 10% re...

Be efficient. Be patient. Be concise. And success will follow....Allow the lender time to look at and respond to your loan request. Don’t inundate the lender with a barrage of emails or messages. The lender should be ...

I am curious, fellow landlords or PM, what is your response time to a tenant complaint?I know it's not cut and dry, and definitely depends on the nature of the problems.I would think a water line break or sewage backu...