Hey Folks, I'm sure the answer varies by market and experience, but I wanted to see what advice some of you may have when considering professional management and STR. Here is the situation: I am purchasing a 2BR/2BA c...

How do you find and compensate a good designer for overall material choices and color selections? I think I'm pretty good with most aspects of rehabbing. But I am very slow at designing choices. I know what I do or do...

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Like many BPers, I own a few rental units (2 4-unit buildings) and manage them myself. I run my business professionally, I take good care of my properties and like to think I treat my tenants well. I belie...

Hi all, I am wondering how you approach a property purchased as foreclosure to find our if it’s occupied. Can I just show up, knock and if no one answer kick the door in? (I wish). If it is occupied how should I appro...

Are commercial multi families brokers available to show property only on weekday or are they available on weekend as well? I was told that commercial brokers work only M-F which means if I have to see property,I shoul...

This fall a property popped up in the local classified ads and is located 1 mile from my house. I am in bad need of extra garage space so I bought it primarily for the garage. It's pretty rough here.....There was so m...

Anyone involved in VRBOs? I'm thinking of investing in several properties to rent out as vacation rentals. I love to travel and would like to just live in the ones that are vacant. Obviously location is key but just ...

Hey Everyone! In the process of buying my first house & trying to make a house hack work in the Boston area.My question is pretty simple -- when I run analysis through the BP Calculator and I enter the Interest Ra...

Since not much has been said about this portfolio lender and they have been so instrumental in starting my investing career - I wanted to write up a quick review.Some highlights about this banks residential mortgage o...

Just curious because we have used 3 different software platforms within the course of 6-7 years to stay current with technology. Appfolio seems to be great and we love it. Are there any others that use something diffe...