I'd like to know how estimate the cost of improving raw land by building roads and extending utilities.  Is there any way to get a ball park idea for this without engineering documents to generate a quote from an exca...

BP:I'm about 4 months in to owning my first two SFH's with carryover tenants. Thus far, we have had a great working relationship. I purposely staggered the leases to expire 2 months apart, and I made them shorter so t...

My wife are relatively new to investing, but last year, we dove in. One of our properties is a 4-plex in the Birmingham, AL area. It was built in the late 1970s, is a 2-up 2-down with an unfinished basement. The basem...

I am doing a rehab an older house that will be a rental when it is finished and I was wondering, has anyone put an instant water heater in a rental? I have had the electrical upgraded and added a second bathroom to ma...

Am at the tail end of a southern Caliornia residential rehab facing the need to decide the type of landscaping necessary to sell it. The choices are:- Seed Lawn- Sod Lawn- Drought resist lanscapingMy broker is encoura...

Wanted to post on here in case this helps save another Kansas City investor from a similar nightmare with KC Water. Less than a year ago my partner bought a house that had an inherited long term section 8 disabled ten...

I have a 4 plex ready to go. Two units are year round, two are mid term. I have been having a heck of a time finding insurance. My insurance agent tried Allstate but they said all units need to be occupied before they...

Hello BPers,I purchased a house with tenants in place and according to the lease they signed, the tenants are responsible for paying the sewer bill. Strangely, the month after I bought the home, the sewer bill stopped...

I've got a few off market, smaller multifamily deals I'm working and all of them are in the flood zone. They are great buildings and cash flow well now. My one concern is the flood zone insurance and water damage risk...

Hi everybody,  I'm not sure if this has been talked about much...   I looked through the forums and didn't find much...  so sorry if it's a repeat question.Currently I pay for all utilities in the bungalow I rent out....