Fellow Investors: After six (6) years of renting out properties, I still haven't yet figured out the best way to mitigate those tenants who fail to keep an eye out for the occasional leaky toilet flapper for which som...

Hello Fellow BP'ers!So, I've been renting to the same tenants going on 3 years! Exciting, yes. Everything has been fairly uneventful with them - except for having to replace the whole HVAC system the first summer they...

There are some new discount property management companies that charge 5-6% (instead of the more typical 9% in Utah or California) and have data showing that they keep vacancy and rents the same as the 9% alternatives....

Pursing a first-time home purchase and FI (financial independence) seems not possible from my position. Do you agree? What am I not considering? Should I change my risk-tolerance in order to pursue both goals? Any gui...

I'm currently searching for my first investment property in Baltimore City. Since the area is declining in population, won't this eventually cause real estate prices to fall?If I invest for cash flow in class B neighb...

I am a first time investor in multi family. In the process of purchasing a multi family in Lowell, MA. The seller is financing at 15% down, 5% interest rate, 30 yrs amortization, 15 yr balloon payment. Due to this,...

Hey everyone!
I posted a while back about my hopes of house hacking soon in order to get started in real estate and I received a lot of great advice. Just a little recap: I am located in Kansas City and work full tim...

A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...

Listening to all of the podcasts and reading the BP books / Rich Dad Poor Dad types makes it seem like building a portfolio and scaling smart could lead to early retirement and living on cash flow that ultimately repl...

is there anything i can do with empty lots? how do i know if one lot is better than another? on craiglist there are hundreds of people trying to sell lots and am wondering if it is anything special and how to wholesal...