Hi BP community,I am considering filing a lawsuit against a previous property management company.  So several months ago, I paid little over 2k for rent ready work - paint touchups, some maintenance work when the tena...

Just curious- How do you deal with winter vacancies???

Hello!As the title says, I'm looking at Lansing, MI as a place to start investing. I saw several small SFH within my price range. However, I am based in southern California and have never been to Lansing. My research ...

Hello BP community,

I'm interested to learn what most investors do with the portion of rental income commonly set aside for cap ex, repair, and vacancy costs.

Does it go straight to the bank? Invested in CD's or a ...

I was having a conversation the other day with a good friend of mine who is in the development and asset management world about a property I'm interested in purchasing.  The property is currently 100% occupied with se...

Hi fellow vacation rental investors (I'm new, but soon I'll also fall into this category). I'm analyzing the numbers on a mountain lake property in Virginia and am getting stuck on one of the most important estimates ...

Hi All,Just seeing if there are any websites (preferably free) to show vacancy rates for rental properties in certain neighborhoods, along with current rent prices for leases. I don't know if this is possible (I'm not...

Hi All,Just seeing if there are any websites (preferably free) to show vacancy rates for rental properties in certain neighborhoods, along with current rent prices for leases. I don't know if this is possible (I'm not...

When looking at property’s, how do you know that it’s going to be easy to rent out? How do you determine if the cash flow is going to be worth buying, and how do you determine what area to buy in?

There is a good deal on a short sale in a localish large (300+ units) summer only rental spot. It's listed for $20k less than all the others for sale and the sellers agent said the bank previously accepted this so the...