I'm hoping someone can give me advice on whether or not purchasing a 3rd home to do a guest suite rental would be a good idea, given our current situation.My husband and I own two houses: One in Vancouver WA and one i...

Landlords, how are you handling your lawn care and other landscaping on small multis, 2 - 3 units? Every year I battle internally as to whether or not to continue doing it myself or require tenants to do it. Hiring a ...

I'm looking for some helpful DIY basement upgrade ideas!We recently purchased a 4-unit rental property in Cleveland and the basement serves as the communal laundry room.  Completely unfinished with exposed foundation,...

Hey BP folks! Been doing more research on the STR and have discovered about 20 STR markets. However, basically all these markets have very high median home prices or they are oversaturated. Im wondering at this point,...

I'm wondering how the supply of bank owned properties is going in your market.

Currently in Houston the supply is way down. We're seeing less than 5 months of inventory which is starting to look like a sellers marke...

This is for my home that I'm renovating at the moment, not a rental. Just so we're clear.I want to put in a set of high ceiling lights, but going 12v led rather than full blown 110v downlighters. There will be about 6...

Hi All,This is going to be my first deal. And, I would rather not put too much for the down payment due to my lack of experience. I live in San Diego North County and in my area, a single family starts at 350K and a m...

Hi all,I'm looking at a property where the garage has been turned into a (second) kitchen. The adjacent room has potential to be split off and the whole section could be rented out. Unfortunately this is not something...

We just closed on our house and got the final settlement (we live in California). The problem is in the settlement, the interest paid to lender (for the remainder of the month, before regular payment kicks in) is calc...

I am very close to closing on my first single-family home. The numbers look good for my wife and me but I was curious as to what we should expect to actually pay in property taxes at the end of this year. The property...