Negar P.
Neighbor asking me to sign I won't use my property for business
Hi all,We recently closed on our first deal in California. We are planning to use it as a house hack by renting out two sections of the house and living in the third one (huge single family home)We want to change a wi...
Natalia Katoaka
Accessory dwelling unit, unpermitted - questions
Hi all, my bf has a 4 bd single family home. We had been, until last month, renting rooms individually to professionals/college students since purchase. We'd like to not have 'roommates' anymore, so made the decision ...
Sarah Lorenz
Features to include if building a home to also use as an STR?
I am thinking about building a house for our next primary residence, but I would also like to use it occasionally as an STR. I’m thinking about features to include for this purpose. So far, I’m thinking about extra cl...
Charles Burkholder
Best ways to increase house value?
Hello all, I am wondering what the fastest cosmetic changes you make to increase house value. I own an older duplex and am going to put tongue and groove ceilings in a bunch of the rooms, stonework on the outside entr...
Taylor West
Foundation issues
Looked at a house on Friday and discovered a foundation issue, to include maybe two or just one big problem. The owner had an estimate, not to mention the brick wall on top of the area had to be repaired to fix the cr...
Bruce Chang
Who pays for locks - landlord or tenant?
Who pays for the lock if tenants continue to keep breaking the lock? Our family has a duplex, and the lock on the security gate has been fixed and broken several times. Tenants point fingers at each other and neithe...
Joseph Chiuchiolo
Advice on buying my first property
Hi all,
I'm currently 19 years old and am ready to buy my first investment property. The only question I have left to solve is wether to buy a single faimly home or a duplex/multifamily. No matter what type of loan I...
Account Closed
Should I buy a Primary Home before and Investment Property
Hello,I live in Atlanta and next year I plan on purchasing a home. I currently rent at $1250 a month. I have had 3 homes before but filled Chapter 13 during the housing crisis and released 2 and then the 3rd house in ...
Robert Hernandez
Help vacant unit was broken into!
Hello BP family,I just had a vacant unit broken into by some homeless people. They were in the unit for about a day and saw people in the unit and called the cops. They left before the cops arrived. The damage was low...
Henry Clark
Self Storage- Subdivision as Collateral
We have continued to grow in the last 7 years with our Storage business. We are now up to 8 locations. Most are at 100% occupancy. 4 have land to expand, and we will next year. Focusing on our last locations 7 and...