HI BP community,My wife and I have an opportunity to view a five unit building in an A area near our home this Saturday. We have been looking for a building to owner occupy as part of our strategy to "house hack" (I k...

I'm 23 years old and I'm just starting out in my career as a real estate investor. I've taken a few classes, read a few books and talked to a few people about different types of investment strategies and I am now read...

Hey everyone. We currently have 3 long term rentals that have done pretty well for us and for our next purchase, I want to dive into a short term vacation rental. This will be located too far away from me for me to ha...

I manage real estate for investors, and wanted to hear from the insurance brokers as to what your feel is for the growing number of "service Animals" in rental properties. The biggest concern that I have is that we ca...

Hi BP!; this is an interesting question from a different perspective than where I usually sit. I own rental property in Seattle market, but recently moved to the SF Bay area for a few years (W2 reasons) where I am ren...

I have a very nice urban property up for rent. The clients that often apply to my city homes have POOR credit.. so I NEVER judge an applicant based on their credit score, I have removed that judgement from my process....

My lawyer recommended talking to a CPA about my rental properties. I've never used one before (I've done the itemized deductions by myself once--last year, with Turbo Tax--for my rentals).

Do you typically have the ...

I'm wondering if it's better to get a licence just to have my own personal access to MLS. How long does it usually take? I'm getting kind of tired of having to ask a REALTOR every single time to pull comps for me, als...

I'm an older blue collar working lady.  Never went to college and really bad at math.  Been working in retail supermarkets since age 16.  I just moved to a small town in Missouri.  I'm currently unemployed, but I've b...

The property I recently acquired has two feral cats living underneath it.  One is blind.  I'm a big ole softy and the thought of calling Animal Control and knowing they are probably as good as goners if I do, breaks m...