I recently bought and rented my first rental investment property. I hired a property manager that my real estate agent recommended to me. I interviewed the property manager and it seemed like a good fit. The rental no...

Read Time: 2-3mins. In 2016, my journey into the world of real estate began, rooted in the vibrant community of La Mesa, California and when I joined the BiggerPockets community.
With a spirit of innovation, I trans...

When making a loan, a bank and hard money lender have different opinions when it comes to determining the value of the property. The appraised value is really not that important to a private lender. Instead, a hard mo...

I have a listing for a really nice duplex community (12 units in all). I was contacted by a company that specializes in luxury short term rentals (for professionals like traveling nurses, etc). This company wants to l...

Hey BP Community,Another head scratcher for you. This post is actually a description of a situation my friend is in. He asked my input simply because he knows I'm interested in real estate investing. I'm not sure what...

I'm looking at this deal where the gas, electricity, and water is paid by the landlord. The rents are above market because of this. I was wondering when you are faced with this situation on a smaller multi-family p...

Hi STR investors,  I'm genuinely curious/interested to know if it's typical to charge your guests a cleaning fee AND also ask them to do a list of things as "checkout procedure" like stripping beds of sheets, washing ...

I finally have an accepted contract in the Denver, CO area (woohoo!) and we are in the due diligence phase. After several requests, we got 8 downloads for HOA documents but for some reason the most recent Homeowners A...