Fellow landlords,I'm looking for your real world experience and valuable input.My first financially significant problem has struck. My tenant flushed a swiffer sweeper pad and clogged the main drain to my rental prope...

One of the ways we've been able to avoid the 4 mortgaged properties problem is by building a relationship with our local smaller, commercial banks. Amid some of the good news in lending is these problems. There are su...

It came to my attention a few days ago that some of you were having problems both inviting your friends to join you here on BP, and importing your friends from services like AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail.

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I recently had a nasty lender experience. I had been pre-approved for a loan, everything was golden, I'm a low risk loan and had low DTI. Nothing changed since being approved and going through the entire loan process,...

Hi everyone,I am purchasing a slab bungalow in Old Brooklyn on Fulton Pkwy.  Does anyone know if there are issues in the area with water/sewer backups?  It's $80 on the year for $5k of coverage but if it's not somethi...

I've had several instances where a house I had went under contract, and it ended up falling through for whatever reasons. Some of these were my fault... such as an inspections. But some of them were not. In one case, ...

Hi everyone,I have a current scenario i'd like to get feedback for, if you wouldn't mind.So currently we are under contract on a 4-unit property we are waiting on underwriting to either approve or deny the conventiona...

So my tenant says that there was a maintenance being done at the ditch (adjascent) behind the house a day before the two toilets & bathtub got sewage backup. It was gross and water was everywhere from master room,...

Hey BP Team,I have posted to this forum before about some main line sewer issues i've had since purchasing a triplex on the west side of Chicago. In 2020 I had 4' of main sewer line replaced, had ongoing issues after ...

Is your building covered for Sewer and Drain Backup/Overflow?Did you know that not all policies automatically cover Sewer and Drain Backup?While many assume this a coverage that is automatically included when purchasi...