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Hello everyone,A young person could join the military right out of high school and save up $50,000 during a four-year hitch.Assuming that young person did a lot of self-study on real estate during his or her military ...
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View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Greetings Again BP Community,Here's my dilemma. In my valiant quest for a good value add ...
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I was picking up the rent from one of my tenants tonight, and it occurred to me when they pulled up....every single one of my tenants has a considerably nicer car than me. Also almost all of my tenants (Except the one...
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The real estate market is often the subject of speculation and forecasts, some predicting downturns or even crashes. However, based on my extensive experience and observation in the field, I believe there are strong r...
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Hey BP,
I just finished with having a pretty neat conversation with my mentor. He owns a decent size real estated company. They invest in mutli-family markets around the U.S. And owns a little over 1700 units.
How...
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I've seen a lot of people recommending mandating tenants get rental insurance, but I don't understand why. I'll have insurance on the home to protect myself, but why is it my business if they insure their own property...
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Give us your best (worst) landlord experiencing stories. Don't be shy. Even if you messed up in how you handled it (we all do). Winner is the one who posts the most entertaining story, as determined by number of votes!
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Hello forum,
I am a leasing agent at a rather large property management company. We had a tenant that has been living in the same apartment for the last 11 years move out today. This tenant worked maintenance for o...
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This is one of those posts just to get everyone talking. In my area like many, they keep building strip malls like there is no tomorrow.
Does anyone but me see a future train wreck here? This is my Oversimplified t...
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I've given my tenants a direct line to call me in the event of an emergency. For all other issues and concerns, I have an answering service to answer tenants calls. The call is toll free so there's no cost to the tena...