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Economic Update
(Monday, June 14, 2021)
For a period of time between 2018 and the beginning of 2020, the “Real House Price Index” (which calculates inflation in the Housing Sector) was falling, because Americans’ bu...
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Been owner of a two family for about ten years. I have never (knock on wood) had the apartments vacant--mostly due to location (walking distance to subway in boston) and affordability. Over the past, most of my scr...
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What are your favorite add ons to add to your lease? Do you have an addendum to your standard residential lease? Examples: Smoking is prohibited in the unit. LANDLORD permits the use of parking space #XXXX t...
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Hi, I would like to understand the pros and cons in using a property manager (live person whom I can be in touch directly) vs using all-in-one property management softwares such as rentredi, hemlane, caretaker, etc. (...
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Hi, guys! I still need to file taxes for 2018. I also have a new LLC but did not make any money this year. I remember reading that I can simply complete my normal tax form and that will also count toward my single mem...
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Hi, All. I have an SFR that is halfway through a one year lease. My lease stipulates that the tenants are to maintain the yard. It does not go into specifics as to what this entails. They have not been maintaining the...
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Hi BP
I'm a 19 year old college student who is also working part-time as a delivery driver at jimmy john's. I came across BP through my time "researching" YouTube. I have become in love with the concept of buy and hol...
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If you have a single family home rented out for a year lease, ideally who is responsible for extermination for waterbugs the tenat or the landlord?
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Hello BP!I recently made a cross country move to Wisconsin following my college graduation. This means I'm not overly familiar with the local market (I would like to stay local for my first investment[s]). I have been...
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Hi,I would like to start off by congratulating the founders and members of BP. To think about building a community to connect people with interests Real Estate is a good idea on paper. To actually build such a communi...