Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

There are 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. If even just a quarter of them are removed, don't you think it would greatly affect housing markets? That'd be 2-3 million people not needing housing ...

I live in San Diego, CA and have been looking for options locally but the numbers aren't adding up to my planned budget. I have been looking out of state at cheaper multifamily homes and those seem to bring the cash f...

Economic Update
(Monday, May 31, 2021)
The one place that's rip-roaring in our economy is the housing market. In fact, home prices are accelerating, as the Case-Shiller 20-City Index shows. Year-on-year gains rose ...

Hi everyone, I'm looking into entering a very niche market of providing a "Crash pad" to military officers going through long training courses. These individuals are on 3-5 month assignments, and are reimbursed for ho...

Does anyone have experience with the maintenance cost on a turn-key property bought through American Real Estate Investments? The spreadsheet they sent me for the portfolio of properties uses$312 in annual maintenance...

Hello BP community, My wife and I work w-2 jobs and own 3 rental properties... nothing crazy. Is it normal for my CPA to be charging me $3,000 to prepare our tax return? This is my first time using a CPA and I don't k...

I have made an offer on a property in the Belair-Edison area of Baltimore, which I will rent once closed. A couple things I need the communities help with. I am planning to use a listing agent to market the property t...