Good reading

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/1106b4214044575550

As their holdings of unsold homes increase, Fannie and Freddie eventually will need to drop prices and turn to investors, analysts predict

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For individual deposits with regards to renting by the room, I’ve heard advice on various BP posts that you should split up responsibility for damage to the shared spaces. For example, if there are 4 bedrooms, each te...

We just recently moved into to a new house we purchased 2 months ago and a new tenant moved in on the 2nd floor on the 5th last month. For past the two weeks or so she has been driving me insane about the heat. By NY ...

I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately tr...

Hello all,I am very strongly considering a buying a house in Big Bear to use as a STR for part of the year and for some personal use too. I've been hearing that the market is getting (or already is) saturated, the pri...

Does anyone have any experience with a contaminated well?  This one tested positive for E. Coli and the health department recommended adding bleach to it.  Seems dangerous to me.  Plumber said adding chemicals to a we...

Hey y'all,
I'm a new investor and recent transplant to St Louis. Looking an agent and am in talks with one who wants me to sign an Exclusive Buyer's Agency Agreement. They said, "The state of MO requires this docume...

Hello BP!2 years of researching REI. Thanks in advance for the continued education you all have provided, and I do try to doThe same, the best of my own knowledge.I’m looking at a property that I would love to move my...

What is everyone’s opinion on investing in Little Village? Does it look like it could be a nice area like Pilsen? 

I'm flipping a 1930's tudor that has a claw tub in the main upstair bathroom.  It is really nice but I also think a walk in shower or traditional tub with  shower and tiled walls would be nice.  Some people don't like...