I currently own a home in California and looking to invest for first time in a rental property. Although I have been told that managing a rental property close to where you live is a better choice, it is extremely una...

Hello all,I know that NMLS provides information on rules and regulations for investing in individual states but is there any specific or particular verbiage that allows one to know if a license is required to purchase...

Just in case you aren't aware, we are being charged a 3% processing fee on the taxes that are collected from VRBO's traveler service fee.  This has been happening for years.  I have been on the phone many times with s...

Hello Again BP Community, 
I have the following situation but not sure how to approach it as it's a first for me.  A week ago, I served a month-to-month contract tenant a Notice to Vacate.  For a couple of weeks prio...

Hi Everyone - I'm planning on taking a trip out to both the Carolina side of the Smokies and the central/northern Oregon coast over the next month. These are the two markets I'm seriously considering for the my first ...

Okay, so the first tenant I chose (who had perfect credit and a clean criminal history) did not end well-stopped paying rent after 4 months-some neighbors mentioned to me they were not very favorable neighbors (they a...

Hello, all! I was hoping for some guidance. Are PMs required to indicate their repair fees, or do most PMs just inflate repair prices? We had plumbing work done. The estimate provided by the PM was 1k more than the es...

OK. Another article, again, this weekend, entitled "Smiling all the way to Settlement" pushing the monthly payment versus buying it right. Quote: Don't get greedy: We all want to make a great buy, but ... a few th...

I am trying to get CO for my first rental property. The CO inspector told me ”that he was being more harsh cause it’s a rental property and they don’t want tenant calling them complaining about things” he proceeded to...

Since one thing on that list of goals in 2011 was to work with more investors (hence my recent increase in activity here on BP), I thought it would be good to figure out what investors are looking for, and also what t...