Hi BP!I just wanted to share a mistake I just made.  I was checking references, as everyone should!  I spoke to the prospective tenant's current landlord.  I asked how much he was charging and he asked me the same.  I...

Hi folks.  New to the site and new to real estate investing (although I just finished with The Book on Rental Property Investing).My uncle (age 57) and I (age 48) want to start investing in residential single-family r...

I am a relatively small scale investor from Washington DC and I usually buy condos at class B locations at urban areas at this point in time. I am just trying to build a base structure I can rely on for the next phase...

For those of you that own vacation rentals, do you know of where a person can find the data on local markets related to VR? Such as rents, number of units in an area, vacancy rates, etc.?

Ann Watkins

I'm beginning to educate myself on REI and have gathered a list to start reading via recommendations from the BP community and the podcast, and I'm curious to hear what everyone prefers when it comes to collecting the...

Finding your contractor is a crucial part of the remodeling process. For cosmetic flips you’ll largely be focused on finding some skilled craftsmen to do painting, repairs, and perhaps some texture. Your more extensiv...

Question for Property managers - what are the 3 biggest problems in the Property Management industry? We work on an IT startup and would like to help property management be more efficient.

Driving up to bridgeport today to look at my 1st multifamily woohoo... very excited feel like a little kid .. My purpose today is use this property to learn with how to evaluate the property, create my own buying crit...

Will need to purchase kitchen cabinets for our personal home soon (Due to freak accident). Where is the best place to buy good quality kitchen cabinets in the Houston area?

I am in the midst of testing out buildium.com for the 21 units that I have. I like the tenant portal and online collection, as well as the full-featured overall functionality of the site.

I am wondering - do...