Title says it all: What's something nobody tells you about Real Estate Investing, but should?I'll go first: THE MAIL! and the TEXTS! It's overwhelming. I've never gotten more snail mail in my life (mortgage statements...

I am officially in the process of collecting rent for the first time ever. I have collected rent from one unit in the form of a money order and a second in cash. What is everyone's strategy to collecting rent in cash...

Hey All - We just added a new vendor to our BP Investor Discounts (Perks) Program and I thought I'd share . . .One of the requests our members seem to have on a regular basis is for websites, and we found a company th...

I am running a 30-day minimum property on AirBnb/VRBO and just had a bizarre and bad experience with AirBnb that others might want to look out for.  A guest booked my property back in April from June 15th - September ...

I have had a rash of evictions lately for non-payment and it has caused me to look introspectively at what I am doing or not doing when screening these tenants, that may result in me allowing bad tenants to slip throu...

I am interested in hearing from property managers & landlords nationwide, but really interested to hear from Memphis managers and landlords.  Do you successful enforce tenants to pay maintenance under $150?  For t...

I have a 3 family under contract in massachusetts. The closing date is end of the month. It is a house built in 1914 and I just received a disclosure from the seller indicating that "seller has no knowledge of lead pa...

I am just starting to make offers and noticing that the list price is consistently around 30% more then the price that makes sense that works with the rental calculator. Should I make many offers and try to see if I c...

I notice a very large proportion of folks new to RE are (trying to be) wholesalers. I have not wholesaled (sp?) but it sounds like a lot of darn work. Yet, to become an agent, you just need to take a few classes and t...

Hey BP,
Has anyone here had experience doing Section 8 in Indianapolis or anywhere in general? How has it gone? It seems like a great way to get near unbeatable cash on cash returns.I am seeing $60-70k 3 bedroom hous...