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TL, DR: Two homeless women moved themselves into a vacant home in West Oakland (Bay Area/CA) and intend to stay there, rent free.
This made the evening news last night. As a resident of the Bay Area, I definitely un...
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Where to invest in Tampa? I am always asked this question as the broker of Graystone Investment Group and have spoken with many investors who suggest investing in downtown Tampa's outer ring. As downtown Tampa keeps e...
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my wife and I are trying to buy a short sale. We made the highest offer (full price), we were the 1st offer in and have an escalation adendum to bring it up another 12k. The realtor convinced the selling family to c...
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I purchased a house for $15000 and some time in between the purchase and getting the title the city condemned the house. I was unaware of this before it was too late. The seller did not inform me of this. The house mu...
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Hi Utah BP Community! The tenants in our SFH are ending their contract early and are marketing our property to find someone to take over their contract. They have a tenant who is interested who has a Bearded Dragon....
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Forget boring piggy banks and stale savings accounts. Imagine building a real fortune while you're still rocking braces and cramming for history tests. Sounds unreal, right? Well, hold onto your backpacks, because we'...
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I am nervous about my first deal and need some advice. I want to buy and hold a triplex in florida. Here are the details: Three units. One 3/2 and two 2/1.
$245,000 price. 25% down. $3000 closing costs. 4.5 % ...
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Hey everyone. I need to put together a list of disallowed dogs for my apartment building's website. I have a few in mind, but I don't want to leave any out. I think it would be easier to make a list that people can se...
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Hey BP,So you may have seen some of my other posts on here recently but I'm currently close to a deal with my current landlord to purchase my single-family house in the Southside of Pittsburgh. This is an extremely s...
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So...my tenant has faithfully paid the rent and utilities. The lease is up April 1st, and the tenant asked to extend until May 1st. I had no problem with this. Background is that this tenant has always asked to have...