I am renovating a 40 year old house and the HVAC system and electrical system are the original. Since my background is in Electronics and IT is this something I can tackle myself? I have a $20,000 budget and so far th...

I am looking at buying real estate in Puerto Rico and renting it out on Airbnb. I looked at other airbnb rentals and even the superhosts have calendars that are WIDE OPEN! Like a few sparse weekend and weeks but mostl...

I don't care whether you vote for this thread or not, but please give input. I've now been scammed by 2 members of BP, and know of others that have also been scammed. I've also received some suggestions from Vikram, ...

I just purchased a rental property in Fishers, Indiana.  Is it normal to have the tenants pay for sewer, water, and trash?  In Hamilton county all of these items are paid for separately.My property manager is telling ...

My general contractor is quoting me:$32,000 to prep, paint exterior of the home$19,000 to replace asphalt roof$23,000 to prep, paint the interior$19,000 wooden floor refinishing (polishing, filling in any cracks)The h...

Ok, we are up to post 9, I am just about to begin some real construction work now.  I have to gloss over a lot of detail work to get this material up, I havent touched on the hours of details, plans, permits, etc.  ba...

I love automating my rental business. Here is a short list of what I have automated so far:1) Showing pre-screening: After getting some ideas from other Bigger Pockets users, I automated gathering information from pot...

Last year I posted a thread “It’s 2018–Whatcha Gonna Do About It?” and it got a lot of great response.  So why not do it again?  Every year around this time I see threads on BP asking about your goals for the coming n...

We had the sidewalk and driveway redone on the tenant side of our duplex. Yesterday the concrete was poured. This afternoon I noticed that a smile, a pentagram and a third illegible mark had been inscribed in the now ...

The floor guy came to install new floors. When he tore out the old carpet, he told the tenant that he smelled mold. There are no black spots or wet spots, and no leaks at all. The tenant has a husband and 2 young kids...