There is no doubt we are living in unprecedented times. COVID-19 has undoubtedly thrown a curveball in all of our plans, at least in one way or another. My question is, are we in the beginning of another major economi...

Hello all - season's greetings. I am in the process of closing on my first STR in Port Aransas, Texas. I live in Austin so I am going to use one of the top rated property managers in Port Aransas. They have good revie...

Here is an example of how things go wrong even if the "investor" had good intentions!Ex-financial advisor from Springfield goes to prison for Ponzi scheme
By edited news release from U.S. Attorney's Office for Weste...

I wanted to put a feeler out for the current state of the market at large. I recognize that Real Estate is local, but interested in hearing investors thoughts on macro, and even micro trends we are seeing right now. H...

Hey BP!  I recently moved into my first house hack that I gutted and finished up to move-in with my old roommates.  They've complained about the upstairs bedrooms being hot and minimal air flow.  I currently have a st...

I have a rental in NH that the tenants are continuing to claim that there is mold in, and that it is causing them health problems. I have had a mild expert come in and check the unit and has not found any evidence of ...

Hi, I'm interested in buying SFH and MFH as a means of gaining passive income.  I have learn quite a bit from reading all the blogs on BP.  Looking forward to connecting with others in pursuit of financial freedom thr...

BP,

We are three business days away from our closing date and the seller (4:00pm on a Friday) calls my agent and asks for us to provide a price in lieu of making repairs as originally promised.
As an investment prop...

I’ll start this by saying I’m strictly a Buy-and-Hold investor so I haven’t run into this issue before. I want to sell one of my Washington, DC. properties to have a larger down payment for a new primary residence in ...

My wife and I just added our children to the deed of our house, which we currently have a mortgage on. We also happen to be in the middle of applying for a HELOC with the same mortgage lender. We started the applicat...