If everything goes well then our worst tenant ever will be moved-out in just under 12 hours from now, the champagne is on ice and we are cautiously optimistic. Interestedly enough, the problems with this tenant have v...

I'd love to hear from folks about what they think of Airbnb and it's use for STRs. As an avid user of Airbnb over the years, when it started, it was viewed as this amazing alternative to hotels that offered a very com...

So it appears that the GSE model is officially being declared dead by the Obama administration and is nearing major reform from what I am reading from a number of sources. Any thoughts on what this means for us going...

Greetings BP!

I'm new to the real estate community and i'm looking to getting into real estate investing. From what i have concluded, real estate investing takes quite a long period of time before you start t...

I have no idea how, but somehow my tenant moved her toilet half an inch. She either hit it somehow, or pushed it, or super hard plunged it, I'm not sure. But every time she flushed it, the water would rush/leak into t...

I’ve read a few articles reporting that the idea of Rent Strike(s) is gaining momentum. Apparently, advocates have moved past a request seeking deferred payments, or other options, to simply demanding that rent be wai...

Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...

To many people the idea of being constantly watched and monitored may not seem like anything new. Minorities, in general, have never been so trusting of the powers that be to think that they wont abuse said power in t...

So, we've got this one tenant that has always been a thorn in our side. He always pays a week or two late, although he always pays the late fee so it's not a big deal. But, and this is the key part, is that every ti...