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...

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...

I'm looking into a space where i can put mobile homes and eventually having a small mobile home park.  Is it better to have the mobile homes and rent them out, or do seller finance where they eventually pay for the mh...

I'm about to purchase my first home period, the plan is to live in it for a year then start renting it out (I got USDA Financing, hence the occupancy thing). The question I have right now is, what should I do with the...

We had water damage on property that required 20 days of repairs and replacing flooring throughout the unit with much nicer upgraded material. Tenant is requesting 8 days credit($350) for inconvenience. Insurance is n...

On 1/30/15 i purchased my first multi unit rental properties.  2 buildings 6 and 4 units respectively.  Closing and transfer was a very positive experience.  my first month collecting rent has been good as well.  i wo...

Obviously, no one plans to get sued, and you want to avoid it happening at all times if possible, but if it does happen it's smart to be ready, I'm curious how you all approach this because after all, all someone has ...