Earlier this summer, my wife and I bought an older city town home that we renovated lightly (updated bathroom and kitchen), within a reasonable budget. We ran into a 2 month setback with our first contractor and decid...

Just under a month ago, I closed on a 4plex in (East) Oakland, CA in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was a HomePath property that had been on the market for just over 6 months, and was able to squeeze in with a convent...

My first two houses sold within 5 days of listing, so this is new territory for me and any guidance is appreciated.

This house has been on the market for 5 weeks and not one offer has come in.

The typic...

I thought this was an interesting graphic from this article: https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/2018/05/22/for-200k-would-you-rather-buy-a-box-in-manhattan-or-a-mansion-in-san-antonio/https://infogram.c...

Years ago, I had a tenant who's toilet got plugged - but they continued to use it until it overflowed on a weekend and I was the only maintenance guy we had. It was the last toilet I ever worked on... and probably th...

What did you do today? I spent time on Craigslist, Facebook and looking through the paper looking for deals.
I was supposed to go and look at (2) properties but the seller never called me back to finalize a time.
I...

What can a buy&hold guy do to shave an extra $100 off monthly expenses without taking on additional work for himself? Tips I've gathered so far are a combination of the following: challenge property taxes, shop fo...

A new colleague of mine here on BP has asked me some questions via PM and I thought it was best to present his questions and my answers in the public forum for all to benefit from. This will also give him and others t...

Hi guys,So my tenant just moved out of the place and wanted to get your feedback as far as what you all think is reasonable to deduct.Above are the pictures of damages caused by the tenant.Before Move-InDuringMove Out...