Long story short, I had a repair guy come out to repair a washing machine. While he was trying to fix it and stepped away, apparently my tenant touched a few things and shorted washer AND dryer, making both nonfunctio...

I am planning on buying a 4-plex in Colombus, Ohio in December. I currently have funds for a 25% downpayment in a brokerage account invested in low cost index funds. My initial thought was to liquidate the brokerage a...

Hello Everyone,I've been widening my search for real estate up to a 2.5 hour radius from my home town.  The town that I found is in rural PA and it looks like there are a couple multi family homes that are being sold ...

Hey everyone, just wanted to get some advice about a situation we find ourselves in.  Here's the story.  My wife and I just bought a house last December in a small HOA community (around 50 homes, $60/mo dues)  The hou...

I am about 90% complete on renovating a 100 year old SFH and have learned several ways to be frugal which I will carry into the renovation of my second property. I thought the BP community would gain from my experienc...

Hey BP! I own an investment condo here in Orlando, FL under my personal name and I'm looking to get a HELOC to access that equity to invest in my real estate business. It's owned free and clear. My current income is o...

Hello everyone.A tenant just moved in, says the water from the kitchen sink is blue and wants to test it for copper:"My water from my kitchen sink was blue this morning when I went to rinse a glass. It’s not remaining...

I've been looking at an REO condo in the much beaten up Tampa market.. After sleeping on the idea, I've decided I'm going to put in an offer.
The average condo sale price in the neighborhood i...

I have viewed many tenant occupied properties with horror, wondering how the landlord could get away with it. Stairs to basement broken, hot water tank not working for months, broken windows, one burner on the stove w...

I can tell you from firsthand experience that the current information available online regarding fraud and ID theft has not caught up with the tactics used by thieves. I am posting this now because the most recent sco...