I would like to know thoughts on adding someone to the lease. I have a current tenant who has lived at the home only a couple of months and wants to have a friend added to the lease. The current tenant met all of our ...

Hey guys,

One of my goals for 2014 as an agent is to start marketing to more affluent prospective investors interested in buying real estate. A lot of professionals are very happy with 6-7% returns because th...

What you are looking at is a sagging concrete porch in the front of a house. I can see daylight through the crack from the basement. Anybody have any idea how to fix it and how much it would cost? Thank you!

Hi, I am a new landlord.
Sorry if this has been asked. If a applicant is asking if we take section 8, what can I say legally?
My property is not approved for section 8 and I am not intended to apply for section 8 an...

Greetings!
I have been looking at properties in the Penrose area (and surrounding) in St. Louis, MO. I have found a Realtor and am about to set up my LLC so that I can get a really good start on a great future! I am ...

How do you make sure that your PM is working hard to get great tenants in your unit?I bought a house about 2 months ago, and hired a PM that looked great. Here we are about 1month and half in, and still don’t have any...

I thought this was a decent article about lessons learned during 2008/09 regarding pricing of apartment rents. The gist being that pricing is only one tool in the toolbox with the end goal being revenue preservation a...

Hey Biggerpockets,
I haven't written a blog in a week because I had one of my toughest weeks as an investor. I had the following 3 things happening at the same time:
1) Furnace went out in one of my properties (almo...

Hello:  I am Jay Bhatt, a California Real Estate Broker (CalBRE # 00881877) since 1992 and a Buy and Hold investor in SFRs in CA and AZ.  I am looking to invest in additional SFRs in Southern California and / or Mesa,...

I have recently listed my first rental . I set minimum rental requirements and I have had a lot of interest but requiring a deposit along with first and last month's rent has turned most away as that does not seem to ...