So I am a new landlord and will be leasing my first buy and hold property.  I will be renting in NJ and have done some research on renting in the state.My plan is to get my lease off of ezlandlordforms.com.  I also pl...

I'm looking for a Hard Money Lender (HML), I want to make sure they have a license, but some deep googling doesn't really help me determine license they would need?  Looking to some State websites, I've seen some thin...

Hello. I am closing on a 3 unit multi-family today and am inheriting 2 tenants (one section 8). I wanted get advice for best practices on for day 1 landlording as this will be my first time being a landlord.Any sugges...

Hi everyone!An interested tenant wants to lease our furnished home. 3 dogs and 4th is an ESA. Based on experience, we usually have 1 dog/family or tenant. How much is a reasonable non refundable pet fee? Usually we ch...

Hello,We have a difficult tenant whose lease we did not renew.  She was just trying to create trouble by filing complaint to Fair Housing for discrimination.  We got enough evidence for that.Now she took a property ma...

Hi! I'm a long-time BP lurker, first-time poster. I'm interested in picking up a vacation rental or two in Mexico, most likely in Todos Santos or Los Cabos in the next year. I'd love to chat with anyone who's familiar...

Hi all, as I've been getting more into real estate investing, it's become quite clear that the US tax code favors business owners and real estate investors rather than W2 employees or self-employed business owners. On...

Hey guys, I’m new to BP and RE investing in general. I’m pretty hopeful of round rock and the surrounding Austin area. Any ideas if buying in Round Rock is a good play right now? A lot of tech companies are moving ...

Anybody ever recorded their phone calls with potential sellers? For me, it might be useful to go back and listen again to exactly what was said. According to the internet (so, it must be true), Texas is a single ...

Hi all-Newbie here. Searching for my answer on BP, time and time again I hear that live-in flipping is too good to be ignored due to the enormous tax capital gains tax benefit. My question is, what differentiates the ...