Hi there! I'm from Colorado. My wife & I are headed to Idaho in August. We are going to make our trip part business, part vacation. What areas are great for work/life as a young family, we will potentially move th...

I’m Jason Rodriguez from Tampa, FL. I am 35 years old and am considering real estate investing as a career change. Now is probably the right time for me to do this. But first I need to learn much more about it and fin...

I was browsing rentals in my area and even in the cheap moderate ghetto, the rental listings have a credit/background check fee. We're not talking high end apartments, but the cheaper, older, less desirable neighbo...

Has anyone had success buying holding and renting out seasonal condos? What have been your major challenges and/or successes?

Hi fellow BP'ers!After much hemming and hawing about it, I decided that I would like to manage our first property on my own in the beginning rather than hire a property manager from the get-go. I want to at least know...

Hi, as I was looking back at my first introduction on BP it was in Jan 2014. It is now October 2014 and I have not gotten a deal done to date. I am currently marketing to probates. I have also marketed to absentee own...

1. Screen your tenants better. Do intricate research and invest your time in getting to know them beyond just knowing that they are people who need a place to live and on the surface seem to be able to pay. 2. Ensure ...

Hello everyone!I’m just starting my real estate journey and am very excited about meeting people on this platform!I currently work in Boston and am looking to invest out of state because real estate is pretty darn exp...

Please don't laugh, but I think I earned my Big gal landlady pants today:) This particular lease states rent is due on the first and late on the 3rd. Late fee is $50 and $25 for each late day there after. .    I had t...

We're converting a long-term rental to a mid-term rental. It's our first go at this, and I'm being conservative with my numbers, like expecting as much as 3 months vacancy and including that in the cashflow calculatio...