Please help! I am three months in to looking at properties, finding one, negotiating the deal, getting under contract, clearing inspection items and seller credit, getting the lender appraisal, etc etc. Closing date i...

Hi all and as usual, very comforting to have BP to share & ask questions in.  So below is the quick and dirty overview of my situation:- claim #1: submitted earlier this year for substantial water damage in LA ren...

Hello all, I am a new real estate investor, however my partner and I have had our LLC for over two years. Although it has been a long road we have mustered up a owner financing deal that is due to close on may 1st.  T...

Bear with me. This is my 1st time posting here and want to give enough info to accurately depict the scenario I am asking for advice on. Sorry if some of this is TMIIn a nutshell, We own an adorable 3/2 about 1400 sq ...

Hello, I have a tenant that has been renting from me for almost 1 year. Recently I found out the HOA does not allow washer/dryers in the condo unit. Tenants have to use the common coin-operated laundry, so I had t...

So, I am going to do this post Jack Kerouac style. I just finished reading Bene Brown's book "Daring Greatly" its about being vulnerable and its motivated me to write some blog posts that for some reason I have been ...

I am a financial planner who is adding real estate investing to my interests.  I built my financial planning practice on seminar marketing which uses direct mail to fill the seats.  As I have been reading the differen...

We own a 2 unit house and tenants signed lease for 12 months. After 6 weeks they gave lame reasons for wanting to leave including my telling them they couldn't put Christmas lights on handrails on steps in front of ho...

Hello all. I own a condo in Las Vegas, which was transferred to me in 2015 from my mother who bought for investment. Never missed HOA fees. Just got a delinquent fine notice and a $2000 bill from the HOA. Called and i...

For context, my ultimate goal is to increase cash flow over the next 5-10 years by lowering monthly expenses.In 2015 I acquired a duplex with an FHA loan of 3.49% that has PMI that is $214 a month on a total mortgage ...