I am a landlord for a couple duplexes. Been doing this for about 10 years. My property management just put in a tenant in side A of one of the duplexes. I have a no animal policy (unless it's service animal which is r...

I've noticed several of you mention you buy rentals out of your town and state. How do you manage the rentals while living in a different state? Do you use PM primarily? How does that work for you if you do?

I reall...

I've been talking to a lot of people and can't quite get to the bottom of what a realtor can do for me. They say they can access more buyers, but can't I find most of them just by doing a flat fee service to get on th...

Hello BP family. Let's get right to it. I've always been an ambitious go getter since I was a kid. Never followed the pack always stood alone and wanted more than the average. I grew up in a low income area, but alway...

I've been with Tom Krol for 7 months now. His course is step by step and "action geared" so you don't sit back and relax.  You can either do what he says to do or do like you've done before which is nothing in most ca...

walked out during the break to do some homework before shelling out the $2k they wanted to attend the 3 day bootcamp. They said we would get our money back if we didn't triple the tuition amount in 6 months. Though th...

How do you guys keep all your keys organized? I don't have that many units yet, but already all these keys are a hassle. On a similar topic, what do you do about changing locks? Is there a good landlord lockset that i...

Hi, I recently bought a free-and-clear house at the local tax auction for $25K, When I claimed it, the former owner had left everything in place and it needed a cleanout. So my guys were down to the basement and looke...

Hi Everyone,
Dave L. here! First ever post on Bigger Pockets. For context - I'm 35, own and live in a condo, unmarried, no kids.
My question to this forum - Boston is the third most expensive real estate market in the...

Hi Everyone,

I am fully prepared to take some heat for asking this question, and recognize many of the problems with long distance income property ownership and investing in a "network" but wanted to ask anyw...