Just got a call from a tenant parent and the January electric heat bill was $1100.  In past years the highest it went was $800.   The heat is all electric baseboard with one room with under floor heating on slab and o...

Hi Everyone, I am looking for obstacles that are holding investors back from accomplishing their first deal. Leave some comments below and I will do my best to offer insight. -Thanks for your input Sterling.Other expe...

My relative died and left his fairly new home to my mother, and we were wondering whether to Airbnb or rent it out. She is very stubborn and says she’s tired of maintaining and paying the bills every month, she is eag...

I currently earn a six figure salary at a pretty non-pressure, but full time, job.  We have 4 small children and would like to have more.  So we've been trying to build our rental portfolio so that I can replace my in...

I guess we'll see how that tactic works in November:

Speaking on health care Monday, Senator Diane Feinstein said, "I've gotten 90,000 emails and faxes on the health care bill and over 85,000 of them are against it. ...

Hey BP'ers! I've been lurking for about 2 months now and can finally say I'm READY. Like OBSESSIVELY ready. I'm quitting my job in 30 days or less even if it means ZERO sleep and personal time. I'm committed and STARV...

Hey, everybody,I'm not quite sure if there are problems with my calcs, or if everything I find on market are simply bad deals. Please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong here? Here's the details...I plan to use FH...

Hi all,I am a little curious what veteran STR people think about the current market- specifically, VACATION ONLY MARKETS. By vacation only markets, I mean places where basically nobody is moving for a primary residenc...

Hello I am 20 years old in my 2nd semester of college. I live alone, am single, have no children. I have no dependents, no car notes, nothing except rent, gasoline, food. The bare minimum. I have a part time job that ...

Hi BP, need some help here about a tenant im evicting .. short story she lies about paying rent and constantly late. There is always a major catastrophe in her life. Anyway got a lawyer involved and the decision was s...