We bought a home in one of the nicer zip codes in our city, in the top school district at what we thought was a deal. We put a significant amount of money into the house and have received excellent feedback on the ren...

I am close to purchasing my first SFH rental. The interiors are painted beige. The paint is fine - it just needs a little touch up here and there. My property manager took a tour of the house today and gave me a (low ...

Hi everyone!This is my *personal* home...not a rental. I live in a contemporary-style Cedar home. We have updated it a lot over the years and now I'm beginning on my living room.The living room has a cathedral ceiling...

IntroductionThe saga started almost a year ago (September 2014).  The relationship with long-term tenants we inherited two years prior had been sliding sideways for some time - their unit was the only one we had not r...

I was just doing some due dilligence on a proprety and I spoke to my Insurance Company (USAA), and had a mild heart attack when they told me how much it would be to insure.  1st I ran it online and it came to be ~$6k/...

Curious to hear what the BP community thinks about some of the top upgrades for buy-and-hold rental property. We own a property management and real estate brokerage firm in Denver, Colorado that serves real estate inv...

My appraisal came in significantly lower than I expected (only a 5% increase from the value the property was appraised at 4 years ago, in spite of values generally increasing 40-50%). Looking at the report, the apprai...

Hello BP! 

My husband and I are looking to acquire a couple of turnkey properties (debating a multi-family property as well) and are looking for feedback for either agents or companies that you may have worked with...

I am a newly licensed agent in the Boston area, looking to get into sales part time. I primarily obtained my license because I want to take advantage of the MLS to view and analyze properties, as well as the other res...

I'm trying to find a property in my area, its not even a busy city just rural MN. There are no good deals in the area. Anytime one pops up there are all cash offers on it within the same day it pops up. Ive been tr...