Do you ask applicants for their current landlord's contact info? I do, but never call. A few years back I was put in an impossible spot. I was evicting a rotten couple, not an easy thing in NJ but I got lucky, and the...

Hey BP,
I just bought an older house (1910-ish) split into five apartments (~2700 square feet total). They aren't separately metered so the utilities are included in their price of rent. The electric bill was about d...

Economic Update
(Monday, June 7, 2021)
Is Los Angeles a City-State? I ask this question because no one seems to know what Los Angeles is, exactly: city of angels, revenge city, or something else. In 1925, Aldous Hu...

I am considering trying to refi a property.  The reason for this would be to buy more real estate.  However I think we may be at the top of the market and I am concerned that there could be no equity in it if there is...

Just wondering. How many of you out there have rental properties (or had rental properties) with negative cash-flow? I do. And I see so many newbies on here with a goal to be a buy-and-hold investor and I think ...

As the post mentions, I am exhausted reading posts from everyone trying to predict what is going to happen next. Many on the hopes that they are right and can refer back to the post to gain credibility. The reality is...

Hello Investors,

Only a few small number Everybody uses white rectangles for business promotion. So many utterly unique posts along the lines of "Help me get noticed by Bank XYZ, Seller XYZ, RE Agent XYZ."

Why not...

I was driving through Salt Lake City yesterday and couldn’t help but notice so many of the FOR LEASE signs plastered on all of the commercial office buildings lining the main highway. Most of these high-rise office bu...