After 12 years working as an employee I finally pulled the plug on my W2 engineering job!Although it took a decade, Passive real estate investing gave me the security to leave a steady pay check behind. As I transitio...

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I am managing a property in a Class C area for the first time; my other places are in nicer areas.So one of the things I have encountered is maybe 10% of the calls are from people who sound quite desperate and mention...

I own this paper and the borrower made a solid offer to start paying $6000 up front and $700/month.  He has a 6-figure income and can afford it.  Here are the other numbers:MV = $50k and decliningUPB + arrears = $211k...

So, recent government order to stop evictions is basically an order to stop paying rent and live in our properties for free. In NYC landlords are about to go on strike and will not pay properly taxes in return. Are th...

I had a prospective tenant showing of a 2 bed 2 bath Townhome with a very small walled courtyard. The online questionairre indicated there would be 3 adults a 2 dogs. After speaking with the woman who showed up, she a...

Hello folks!Today I have an issue I need to leverage the collective wisdom on the BP forums for.I have a terrific tenant (single woman) who recently asked for her boyfriend to move in.  So, I had him fill out an appli...

My rental has a driveway for two cars where tenants park their cars. They also can park on the street next to the house with 4 free township parking permits which they got. It happens that there is a large walnut tree...

Hi all, thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts. We're about to come into some money and get started with our first house hack, flip and/or multi-unit rental in St. Pete. Although prices are higher in Pinellas, ou...

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I have found several houses in my target area that are vacant and seem abandoned. I have used my local tax assessor website to get names but most have the actual property as their address. I have used ...