Hello BP, just posted this to my website and thought this might be helpful for some of you out there. Tenants will not always let you know:While many tenants are notorious for requesting maintenance on every little ...

I live in a small town in Maryland that has a big shortage in apartments. I want to start out buy building a fourplex using 100% cash. I want to build 2br apartments which I expect to bring in $1,000/month. If ever...

I recently listened to the @davevanhorn podcast and the notion of note buying is really intriguing to me.  I was curious about a specific strategy that popped into my brain while listening.  Does this make any sense? ...

I expect that at some point, possibly sooner than later, we will be investing in areas that we are not totally familiar with. If you do not have any contacts in the area how would you go about determining the viabi...

As a first time home-buyer and new investor I have been looking to purchase a duplex using FHA and occupy one unit while renting out the other to help cover mortgage payment and gain experience as a landlord.However, ...

This market right now sucks. I live in the Philadelphia area and it's absolutely impossible to break into the market. Been looking for a duplex for almost a year now. The market is so hot an inventory so low t...

I’ve been evaluating and trying to purchase a 4 family in a smaller town about 45 minutes from my house (15 minutes from my office).Here are the #’s: (4) 1 bed units, approx. 1000 sq ft each.Market rents are $400 easy...

Let's say you find the perfect property for your portfolio TODAY, what are you most worried about? Are you worried about current home values and where they are headed?Are you concerned that rent prices will not increa...

My tenant of 5 years is vacating next week, so I'm planning on renovating the 2nd unit in my 2-flat with plans to sell by the end of summer. The vast majority of my experience is in C class rentals, where durability a...

In inspecting homes here in San Antonio, I've found some really good and some really crazy work. Some days are "wow, that's a really good job", and others are "oh boy...I just saw that, didn't I?" So, I've decided to ...