Marco Morkous
Buy existing business or start one?
Business owners. Who bought an existing business vs starting their own and did it turn out to be a good idea? Also, did you use a business broker?
Zain B.
Tenant decided to partially pay rent due to COVID
Hi BP Nation, Thank you in advance for reading my post. You have been great all along!!! So I might have been unlucky and gotten one of tenants from hell. SituationFirst, my tenants decided to make alterations to the ...
Cuong Nguyen
How to manage out of stare rehab during the shutdown?
Hey everyone!
My first post here. My wife and I have recently closed on a property in Portland Oregon. This is our fist out-of-state deal (we both live in California), so we are super excited. We are planning to fix...
Chuck Dangar
How Do You Pay Yourself Owning Rental Properties?
Still working on getting my first deal and I know I've read and heard that you should always pay yourself first when taking your monthly income from tenants but how do you do it without getting nervous? I know how to...
Shaun Anderson
Outsourcing Property Management
My realtor has suggested possibly outsourcing the property management or properties, maybe larger ones.
Has anyone had experience with this and what are the pros/cons?
Liz Collins
New Houston Investor
Hello,My name is Liz and I am a senior in college. I graduate in May and I will be relocating to Houston Texas to work as a Software Engineering Consultant. I have acquired this job for the purpose of solid income, bu...
Alan M.
Silver Tsunami coming?
As baby boomers and other retirees start to die off or at least move out of their owner-occupied home, this large supply of houses will hit the market. What will be the affect?
The article makes a good point that the...
Account Closed
Neighbor won't agree to share cost of replacing fence
We've owned the property about 6 months and have fixed a lot. Now it is time to fix the fence. The wood is ugly from weathering, it is literally falling down; a whole section of it loses attachment at either end, it h...
Chaplin Huang
International student trying to house hack in Hyde Park (!)
Hello BP community,
I am an up-coming junior in University of Chicago and am looking to purchase my first rental property through house hacking in order to get in with a low down payment (also just to save money on r...
Sam L.
Dependable Bathroom Materials?
I'm in the process of turning over a property. What brands do you guys prefer for dependability and servicing in a rental? I'm looking for input specifically on:*Shower mixer valves (serviceability is big with this on...