Today we got a little house under contract and it will be our first short term rental. Over the last few months, I have read countless posts on BiggerPockets about how short term rentals have been struggling with canc...

I figured I would stop hijacking @rob k's thread and start my own about my squatter. For those who didn't read about my issue, I have a squatter living in a shed on a property I bought. The squatter was claiming ...

My question for anyone that escape the 9-5 rat race is. What real estate strategy did you use?  Example if you had between $20,000-$70,000 to invest in real estate.  How would you use that to replace your income of  $...

Being in a relatively expensive market I know how discouraging it can be to try and break into real estate scene, particularly the multifamily space. We're in Portland, Oregon and very few cases can you hit the 1% "ru...

So my father in law came to me and my wife asking us to manage his rental properties which are around 15 of them. He saw we were doing are rental properties and liked how we handle them. Well im second guessing it now...

I apologize for the length of this post up front.  There is a lot of info to unpack, and I am really looking for some help from folks with experience in a property of this size. This is a property that I have been int...

A little over a year ago I bought a triplex in Chelsea with 2 tenants in place. I've poured a lot of money into repairs because previous landlord didn't take care of anything, then I put in a 3rd tenant. I've been luc...

As an investor, property manager, and Realtor focused on selling investment properties I have seen most new investors make the same mistakes.  Many times they come to us for help on the property management side and we...

There's been a lot of discussion on the forums as it relates to differentiating bad debt from good.  The most common view on BP is that any debt which does not produce investment returns is bad debt.I, for the most pa...