Hello, All!  First off, thanks for any advice that I can get.  I am learning as much as I can but there is so much to all of this. My wife and I have been discussing what we can do to leverage some of our money and di...

http://theriangroup.com/your-home-guaranteed-sold-in-29-days-or-we-buy-it/In our market in Portland Oregon there is usually one mega agent running this schemeand I know its kind of an old play  ( at least to us old gu...

What's up BP community.  I just bought a property that literally 2 days after we closed on it the tenants informed us that the city had cited the owner for lead based paint, and that it had to be remediated.  The owne...

Hi all-Let me start out by saying I've been following this site for a little while now and I love the insight that you all provide.  This really is a fantastic resource.About me-I've been blessed with great parents wh...

Hi BP community!I'm just starting out in REI. I'm looking for thoughts or feedback for me on what it means to be "socially responsible" when it comes to REI and property management. Anyone think I'm being naive? :)I p...

Relative newbie to Landlording 101 (just over 2 years)

What is the WORST (stupid, funny, challenged etc) request a tenant has made to you? It can be written or verbal

I'll go first, I expect you more experienced la...

There are 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. If even just a quarter of them are removed, don't you think it would greatly affect housing markets? That'd be 2-3 million people not needing housing ...

I love animals.  Well;  unless they are trying to hurt me - then I don't like them.  But in general;  I have had, and enjoyed having, pets.  But now I do not have pets.  I don't like the smell of them, I don't like cl...

One trick we use sometime is take a water hose from the back of a washer machine... I carry one in my trunk (With a plunger). Go to the neighbor and offer them $10 cash to run a hose from their outside faucet to your ...