BP, I need some advise here:  I have a contract in on a condo in CT.  All was going smoothly with underwriting and actually ahead of schedule....until!  The processor called and said I needed to have flood insurance o...

So I'm getting deeper with this potential rental and numbers are looking OK without specifics yet from the seller so, I'm looking to the BP experts on specific questions I need to ask of the seller. Below is what I've...

I bought a triplex within Cincinnati. Duplex next door has two tenants, Tenant A is friendly, Tenant B is straight out of Jerry Springer. I told tenant A there would be some mess from demolition as the property is a t...

As an appraiser my opinion of the housing bubble is the fauld to the mortgage lenders. Most of the time, when doing an appraisal, if the report did not come out to the expected market value of the property, the lende...

Hey BP, I am almost ready to present a Subject-To offer to a prospective seller and this question popped up in my mind: If the seller agrees to the deal and a couple years from now is able to buy a new property, how w...

I have been on the lookout for a vacation rental management company to purchase for a few months now. I have been looking at listings on bizquest and bizbuysell, but have not found any that are super interesting yet.O...

Just wanted to mention my latest deal (and will track updates), as it was another collaboration between several BP members.  Don't want to mention names without permission, but the deal was found and put under contrac...

Just got a message from a current guest in one of my STRs. The family is there for 2 weeks. When they booked, she mentioned kids, but I assumed she had noted that the listing says 'not suitable for children'. (The hou...

Okay so I have a friend who's having this problem and I wanted to see exactly what can be done about it and what you guys think. On my friends property, the tenants trashed the place and left, I guess there were issue...

Hello all,I have a bit of a sticky situation with the guy that does the yardwork (mowing mainly) on my house. He does a good job.  He's reasonably priced.  He is flexible as far as scheduling and receiving payment.  H...