I just had four consecutive applicants apply for, pay for their credit check,  pass screening, and then decline an one bedroom with den  apartment.. (This is why I don't pay for the credit check).   Here were their r...

Between 1980 and 1982 my whole life changed. That's when my son and daughter were born. I made the decision to quit my long distance operator job so I could stay home to raise my children. Luckily, I had a husband ...

My tenants have been in place since 2019, and so far, I have been renewing and updating the lease with a 1-page Lease Amendment-Renewal Agreement stating the new term and increased rent amount.  For their upcoming ren...

Help!  I’m a newbie..no deals yet…but I came across a family that lost their mother a few years ago.  There are 6 children and 1 still lives in property and doesn’t want to sell.  Taxes paid up, 3 months behind and th...

Lurking a bit but thought I would introduce myself. I am Colleen and I am an MA resident but invest in Rhode Island. I have a family and a day job but seem to gravitate to these old rehabs pulling us into some inter...

I'm trying to figure out where to begin in real estate investing if I already have a mortgage to pay. 
I teach full time and have a part time business to help pay my bills. The house has about 100K in equity
and I r...

I'm surprised I haven't seen this posted yet. I just came across this last night.

In April it will be illegal to work on your own house. Anyone doing work on properties built before 1978 have to n...

In crawling the crawlspace of a $40-45k mill house (tiny, sort of subsistence standard of living), I noticed that whoever did the re-wire, most likely didn't do it to code or have it inspected.I know that the current ...

This is my first post on BP and I’d first like to say how impressed I am with the kindness and generosity of everyone willing to help out other investors and to contribute to the largest wealth of REI information on...

We have a crazy neighbor next to one of our rental properties. And when I say crazy, I mean the term literally. Last night she was yelling and screaming at our tenants from outside.I bought the house in 2015. At that ...