Hello,I am considering an applicant who plans to get a puppy, vizsla, after he moves into our property. He is working with the breeder now and he said that when the right puppy is born that matches his family, they wi...

The Snowflake Investor is a problem, mainly to himself or herself. The Snowflake Investor gets so emotionally attached to a deal that they can't see the forest for the trees. And just so BP doesn't break again, yes, w...

Hi BP community,I would like to have your advice about one of my tenants.I rented a property to a lady, her daughter and granddaughter in Nov. They signed a two year lease. Four months later, she claimed her relative ...

Hi BP, I'm proud to say we finally took the plunge and bought our first property! It's a 1920's craftsman duplex, 2/1 + 1/1 with one vacant unit and a 15-year tenant in the other (luckily no rent control so they're ne...

I am developing my business plan for buying and holding. I was talking out some ideas with another investor, and she said you should never pay off your properties, and never pay all cash.
It seems to me that if you d...

Wow so I’ve been having problems with one of my tenants whom have been paying the rent late the past 4 months and they’ve gotten worse, I’ve been having to charge them late fees. Now these are stellar tenants, until t...

Since doing a deal or walking away sometimes involves a gut versus head call and you wind up in shoulda, woulda, coulda land anyway ..... How often do you regret *walking away* from a deal? Or do you just make the de...

My wife and I have been renting a house for the past nine months. The landlord bought the house new in 2005, lived in it a few months and due to a job transfer needed to rent it out. Now the landlord has moved back to...

So I'm in the process of buying my uncle's house. It needs a ton of work, my worthless mother has been staying in that house doing drugs and not paying rent and devaluing the property for several years now... He's an ...

Hi, everyone,
I am new to the forum. In my first post, I would like to share my story and seek for some advice. My story can be summarized as follows:
1. On 2/1, my wife and I signed a purchase agreement for a newly...