Hello BP community! I was wondering what other people’s experiences and thoughts were on providing yard maintenance to the tenants of a SFR.Right now the tenant is responsible for lawn care; I was considering providin...

A week or so ago, I posted about my financial situation and asked a slew of questions. I thought it might make sense to follow up after visiting the bank.In the last post, I mentioned that Episode 239 gave me the idea...

I want to preface this by saying we've been Airbnb hosts for almost 2 years, and this is the first time we have had a huge problem like this.  For the past two nights we have had people staying in our basement which i...

When screening tenants, in addition to running a credit report, checking landlord references, and checking bad tenant databases I also try to check the applicant's social media accounts. Some people have their account...

Hey real estate pros (I'll define that as: those who have done at multiple deals and been in the game for at least a year)

So I'm thinking it might be cool to write a short "community book" to give away to new invest...

Guest house utilities are shared with main house under my name.  New tenant and he’s running the A/C all day and night even when he’s not there for long hours at a timeI’ve told him to be mindful and turn it off when ...

I was listening to Podcast Show 81 the other day and one of the things Michael Quarles said really surprised me.  He said that when someone calls him to sell them their house, he does not (ever) make an offer. He (ess...

I have been working with a real estate agent on a potential flip property. She contacted me today saying the listing agent said that the potential buyer would have to buy the property with cash or conventional financi...

Cash Value Life Insurance VS Self Directed IRA

I know the two aren't usually talked about in the same breathe.  Each would be compared to other products in the same wheelhouse.  And they would be introduced by very...

You end up putting as much time as you would towards a flip, and instead of making 50k you cash flow a few hundred bucks (that's wiped out after one roof replacement) for "infinite returns" When you could've spent the...