How will the feds cut in interest rate affect mortgage rates?Any impact at all?Biggest advantage on HELOC rates?

Hey guys, just purchased a property in the Blakeney/Ballantyne area of Charlotte. This is the first property that I manage where the HOA doesn't take care of the lawn maintenance. Could anyone recommend a lawn mainten...

I am exploring different ways of funding my purchases. Because I do not have the working capital I was thinking of Hard Money. If I get a hard money loan, how does paying it off work, its it like a regular loan where ...

Hello BP, I'm curious if you could provide some insight into the 50% rule. More specifically, does this rule of thumb include property management fees or would those be additional?

Thanks in advance!

Hi BP, I've got a house in West Philadelphia that I plan on adding a bathroom and finishing the basement for. The basement already has huge ceilings and won't need to be excavated or underpinned. What I'm curious abou...

I have one unit due to be vacant in 2 months and I am planning the action list.The kitchen laminate countertop is OK on the top side, but the edge especially the rounded corners are peeling off and chipped.I think it ...

Someone sent me this email so I wanted to post it less as much of the political spin as I could subtract as possible to get a sense for how much of it is accurate. Here are taxes that will be coming for 2011 accordin...

How do you folks go about categorizing income and expenses on your rentals?

Do you have categories and sub-categories?
Do you track plumbing, electrical, etc - or just "repairs?"
Is there a difference between "repair...

I have a tenant that lives in one of my units that did some lawn care work for me, which went fine. He ran into some financial trouble recently, and now is saying since the property rental cert wasn't updated (in my m...

Hi All!!!Please forgive me if this has been discussed to death...   Do any of you offer alarm systems in your rentals? If so- do you include the monitoring in your rent, or just let the tenant set it up if they want ...