I was just curious about how other people handle the lazy prospective tenant.  For instance, an email through craigslist simply stating "I am interested in this home".  No questions or anything - just a simple stateme...

Just thought I'd share a lesson learned this weekend. I had a house on Zillow, Make Me Move, and then decided to rent it, so posted it on there last week. (It got picked up by Hot Pads too)

I received an em...

Hello BP,I am fairly new to REI and was wondering if you can wholesale a deal that you win at the courthouse steps? If so, how would I go about doing this?So if I place the highest bid at an auction and they have said...

Hey everyone - just wondering if those who have rentals want to chime in with their #1 best piece of landlording advice?

It would be awesome to have a massive thread full of tips to share with new landlords when the...

There are many different types of landlords out there and they all have different personalities, perspectives and methods.  If this is the case, each landlord has a different way of training their tenants.  I'm not a ...

One of my friends who has had to listen to my incessant ranting about REI had a question for me the other day, and I felt sheepish that I had no idea how to answer him. My plans are largely centered around SFH buy and...

The context being today's market.Assumption: the new asset would be in addition to your existing positive cash flowing portfolio.Requirement: the new asset’s cashflow cannot be negative.  It must at least break even a...

Hi All,In the process of renting our property, we received many applications. One of them was an aggressive lady on section 8. She assured us she has excellent credit score. My dad who was helping with the process, se...

Hello Memphis investors - This is a quick bit of info to let you know about the Memphis Vacant Property Registry.  It is a city ordinance enacted in 2013 to help fight blight in the city of Memphis.  Basically, if you...