I have a four plex that runs on oil that heats the entire building. The thermostat is in a common area and the tenants continuously crank it up to absurdly hot temperatures. I would like to purchase a smart thermostat...

I found this article today on chase.com that provides 6 nice charts that indicate that the housing market has recovered from the recession. The basic highlights are that house sales are up, house prices are back to th...

To all you seasoned investors out there, if you had $1,000,000 in liquid capital and you wanted to create a passive income stream with real estate, what would you do to maximize your returns?  How much passive income ...

Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are an increasingly popular way to generate additional rental income on an existing property. Utilizing empty lot space in this way helps to combat the increasing housing prices and lim...

Being a PT real estate agent with no intention of ever going full-time....good or bad idea? Time consuming? Profitable? Not profitable? any ideas would be helpful...

Howdy folks,I don't see any recent post about this topic so thought would start one since AirBnB rental is hot these days in many markets.  I am trying to venture out as an investor as well management and doing my ini...

First of all thank you to the BP community and @Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner for all that they've done for someone who was a total newbie 3 years ago! I'm a "buy and hold" buyer with 4 rental properties in the Th...

Hi All-I am sure others are feeling a shifting in the tide as things continue to  be overpriced, increasing interest rates, and return metrics continually become more difficult to hit. I was hoping to get some discuss...

HelloI was wondering how much is enough liability coverage for a short term vacation rental. On the short term rental I currently own i have a commercial liability umbrella policy with coverage of 1 million/2 million ...

Good Easter Evening BP,

I have been working on a Canadian Relevant Spreadsheet calculator based on J Scott's (Here) which can crunch all my numbers for me. Trying to get estimated %'s and rates and averages f...