Hello BP,I have a question about two recent flips that sold in Tacoma WA (about 30 miles from Seattle). I was looking at recent homes that sold and identifying which ones were flips to figure out what investors are pa...

Today, @Noah Bacon published an interested article to the blog that got me thinking - large apartment buildings often offer concessions - like first month reduced rent, or sometimes even referral programs. But it's no...

Hey all,

Here's my situation, I have a triplex as some of you already know, I bought it 3 years ago, it's now worth around 420k and I have 154k left on my mortgage. I had a pretty nice leap in value last year when 2...

Sold property in the city and looking to replace. Open to ideas, not liking what I am seeing so far. Will pay tax rather than buy something undesirable. Looking westside Portland, will be back at beach looking around....

I've been scouring the forums for hours trying to find a post that gives me an answer different from what I'm finding.  But I haven't seen this exact topic discussed, so here goes.  My brother and I formed a 50/50 Par...

We had a tenant just vacate without leaving a forwarding address. They also didn't even attempt to clean and have exhausted their security deposit to the extent that they owe us money. They owe $2500 more than their s...

I have 3 elevators in 3 buildings, built in the 1970’s. Each building is 2 levels with 10 apartments on the second floors. We have owned these for quite a few years and I plan to continue ownership. I’m in California....

Is it appropriate to request that the seller of a multi family stop running rental ads when you are a couple weeks away from closing?

Let's say that the leases in place stretch 2 and a half pages with large font and...

I'm curious to know from either a landlord or tenant perspective. What things are necessities in a rental property for you to even consider it "rentable"? Example; window treatments, furniture, lamps, etc.

I have a f...

So I believe there are going to be a lot of opportunities in coming months to purchase assets at hugely discounted prices so cash will be king. So my question is this,  I have a number of rental houses that have sign...