I wil be buying a home with a indoor inground pool. I am wanting to rent it out. I plan on leaving the pool dry and leave it up to the tenant if they want to fill and maintain it. Is there any legal/insurance issue...

Hello everyone, I am a new landlord with little experience and wanted to get some insight on a rent increase I am planning on my rental home. It hast been 2 yrs since the tenant moved in and assuming they want to sing...

I feel like I'm missing something big here so I'd like to present it to the BP community for thoughts....I have a good friend (trustworthy and afraid of bad karma) whose mother owns a few properties in San Jose, CA ar...

I just thought I would share my experience in getting some fantastic price reductions when I'm in contract on properties. What I'll sometimes do is get a property in contract at a certain price, and then get an offici...

A lot of condos and town-homes in Seattle/Bellevue area seem to have really high HOAs. How does one decide if HOA fees are reasonable? We recently saw a town-home that we really like. There are about 20-21 town-homes ...

I know you shouldn't rent to friends and families but has anyone had any success stories? I have a friend, has a good job/income and by qualifies with our standards. Just wondering if anyone had any positive experienc...

As the title says, I have mixed feelings about this project. I have a duplex in a premium location. One block from the beach in Ocean Beach, San Diego. There is a detached two-car garage that the 2 units split. I can ...

Hey guys, I'm totally new to the forum and to real estate in general, but I'll get right into it. My girlfriend and I are travel healthcare workers and make great money each month. It's truly a life hack, so we're not...

My Self Directed IRA LLC will own and control 4 properties after my next deal. Advocates for LLCs owning properties always underscore the value of an LLC to protect the properties it controls limiting liability to onl...

When approving new tenants I do my best to screen out people who will not take good care of my property, in addition to screening for income, etc. My single-family home properties are not high-end but neither are t...