Hi BP, I am 16 years old and I plan to get into the real estate agent industry once I am of age to get my license. I have studied how to be a good RE agent for a little over a year now and I am about to be an intern f...

I am at work, but my wife just called and said she put in several hours at one of our new properties cleaning the oven and stove. It just seems to me that the work NEVER ends and we get nickeled and dimed by the util...

This is a topic that gets tossed around a lot in the investing world, but I personally have never actually seen/read a real in-depth discussion on this aspect of real estate investing: Should you (and why should you) ...

Hello BP World,Having a debate right now about common protocol.  My wife and I are RE Brokers (37 years combined in the business), investors, and now own a PM company.  We are taking on a client group that has some bu...

I have money to invest but I'm taking time to formulate my strategy for investing in rental properties.  I live in a very rural area...southern Virginia. In my world, Roanoke and Winston Salem are very large cities.I ...

Hi BP community - I'm closing on a house in Pittsburgh, and I'm thinking about doing Airbnb. Any recommendations on good STR management company/contacts?
Thanks a lot for any leads!
Vicky Li

I took a plumbing class recently to be a more informed landlord. The teacher said that water heaters should be replaced at the end of their warranty (often 10 years) and not to wait until there is a problem to replace...

We bought a home on the Oregon Coast that was an active STR.  It hadn't had any updates in a long time, we are going through and picking them off one by one.  We've swapped out the old 40 gallon hot water tank (for a ...

Just got a call from a tenant parent and the January electric heat bill was $1100.  In past years the highest it went was $800.   The heat is all electric baseboard with one room with under floor heating on slab and o...

If you're a rehabber, what is the best way to learn how to do tiling?  Install cabinets & new flooring?  When I quit my 9 to 5, I plan to be hands on!