I had a rental house in Kansas City come vacant in January and hired a handyman ..in process of trying to become a contractor (he had recently formed an LLC company)... to replace some tiles and paint...simple job and...

Any thoughts?
My electrician is recommending that we rewire the entire house bc the existing wiring is copper but does not have a ground (built in 1968). We plan to BRRRR this one. He says it would improve home res...

Hello BP! I'm a new real estate investor getting ready to relocate to the Tampa Bay area to flip houses with my husband. We've never been to the area so any suggestions or thoughts on up and coming neighborhoods that ...

Hello BP! This past summer I completed my first deal diary and am here with another diary of an out of state rental property in Northeast Ohio.  ( https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/522/topics/20... )Currently, I li...

To any LLs who rent to people who are working class but pay their own, unsubsidized rent: be advised that you should build up some cash reserves.  New England Journal of Medicine just published a case report of the di...

I purchased a house a couple months ago, and paid at the top price or a little over for a supposedly move in ready home. I had an agent/broker, home inspection and appraisal. I haven't been able to move into the house...

Hey everyone,I live in Silicon Valley, which means I really need to look at investing out of my home state.  My dad lives in Phoenix, which is a growing market, and it seems like it could be a good place to start.  Th...

Every landlord always talks about how great their investments have been and that's usually the case but we all from time to time run into some real tough situations. Well here is mine -

Beginning of October I had 8 ...

  If you saw my post last month I recently inherited a 60 unit apartment complex that I am now self managing..ok.. so here in baltimore it is june and temps are running about 85 degrees during the day  and goes down t...

Here is a story of a real life issue I am currently working on. Not all landlord/investing things go right.Setting: New Britain, Connecticut. A small city full of rentals mainly made for manufacturing plant workers...