Well its been a rough year as a landlord for me so far. Even worse than the year Hurricane Ike caused its damage. To date since January first of this year I have spent an average of $1475 a month for repairs and vac...

Hi, for the experts who are investing for appreciation, will you invest in a negative cash flow property if the appreciation is almost certain? The property I am thinking about is a ~1.3M purchase, no rehab necessary,...

My husband and I are new to Bigger Pockets and have been wanting to own an STR and Bed and Breakfast in the future.  We have goals of obtaining and running 3 STR's within 5 years or less as we both work full time, and...

Disclosure: I represent Affinity Loss Prevention Services, the chosen loss prevention partner of NREIG/AGMThis question and a few items came up in another thread and warranted further discussion.@Gautam Venkatesan @Da...

hey guys, my name is scott from lancaster PA. I'm a new guy, my first property isn't even ready to advertise yet but I'm trying to nail down what I want my policy to be, right now pet policy. I'd like to allow pets, b...

What is the correct way to deal with a tenant that gets extremely offensive in both emails and in person? Basically 2 out of the 3 people in the apartment act this way, 1 is much much worse.

He has not physically th...

As some of you know, the ability to finance manufactured homes by both outside lenders and through seller finance is seriously in question for homes where the loans are under $50,000.00 thanks to the Dodd-Frank Act. T...

I like to mountain bike.Road biking was fun for a short bit, but after working as a bike messenger while going to college, it made normal road biking feel REALLY boring and ruined it for me. I have never really like ...

We signed up with the HERO program through a contractor called Elite Home Energy. My wife and I wanted to them to install insulation in our home and believe it would add value to our house. We asked the sale agent tha...

Hi BP STR experts - I need some help. I've been self managing our STR in Davenport for the last 2 yrs and don't know how to drive more rentals. We have a great, themed, 7bd/5.5bth home in a resort community close to t...