Hi everybody-I knew this would happen eventually, but this is our first instance of a guest leaving our place a mess. The rate is over $900/night and so we were crossing our fingers that perhaps it wouldn't happen so ...

I know flippers sometimes write penalty phrases into contracts ("must complete by XXX or pay $/week/month"). Do you ever pay your GCs extra when they get it done on time or early? Or, are they being paid to do that al...

I am looking to get a rental property that cost 150k, putting 25% down. Using a 30 year fixed, I can either pay an interest rate of 4.5%, or I can pay 2 points and get a rate of 3.85%. Is it worth it to pay the points...

Starting renovating my first rental property. It is a duplex located in a mostly single family neighborhood. One unit was vacant and very outdated (as you can see), and the other one was recently renovated by the sell...

Hey, guys!So I am having a bit of an issue with appliances. @Sam Grooms and I closed on a 98-unit a couple of weeks back (there's a  10-page thread about it here). We are looking at a $1.4M rehab, and so far the biddi...

@Bill Labrecque  and I are closing on a SFR flip towards the end of June and are in the process now of fine tuning our rehab budget for the project.The outside of the house itself and the landscaping is actually very...

Ok 2014 I have BIG goals for me and my family. As Zig Ziglar said : "you can have everything in life if you help enough people get what they want" my question to the BP investors in Los Angeles area is how can I help ...

I am naturally an anxious person and worry/plan out A LOT of things, trying to be prepared for surprises.  I know that investing and, real estate in particular, is full of the unknown, especially for a newbie.  I defi...

I am just getting into REI and have my eye on a few foreclosures which I would turn into rental properties. The properties are near local universities. I feel that it may be easier to find tenants for these homes but ...

IntroductionThe saga started almost a year ago (September 2014).  The relationship with long-term tenants we inherited two years prior had been sliding sideways for some time - their unit was the only one we had not r...