I was wondering if you guys have come across any good books about "Sweat Equity". Actually doing the rehab yourself instead of contracting everything out. I realize that sometimes you need a licensced professional t...

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Hello all, I've searched the forums on this topic but can't find it. We are newbie landlords going on 3 months now. We have a planned trip during the first week of March - can we ask our tenants to pay rent early? How...

I’ve been on BP for a while and learning lots of great info from forums, other posts/people and of course the podcasts. So I figured it’s time to share one of my own stories currently in progress…who knows maybe it w...

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I'm in the process of sourcing my envelopes, paper, etc. for my direct mail campaign for Absentee Owners. My initial plan is to use a "handwritten" font for the marketing copy on the yell...

DPW Requests Hearing to ReviewWater/Sewer Rate Adjustments, New Rate StructureMinimum Billing Out, Monthly Billing In The Baltimore City Department of Public Works (DPW) is proposing a three-year package of single-di...

A theme I heard several times at the conference was the notion that some very successful landlords did not ever wish to pay off their mortgages on their rental properties.
Rich Weese also touched on his strategy of b...

So I will be the first to admit I do not love the paperwork side.I love dealmaking,meetings,talking to people,etc.

I saw Quick Books online and was wondering if anyone uses it or what you use.The benefit is you don't...

Man I hate to say it but this new format is just too hard to use..  not being able to see who made the last post  so you dont know if anything new is there .. No ability to go to the last post..  My morning ritual of ...

This is the advice I got from a relative six years ago when real estate looked like it would never stop going up, gold was like $500 back then. He had liquidated most of his real-estate holdings (he owned several hom...