If listing a home for sale and rent and you receive multiple lease applications, then narrow it down to 2 applicants,  then ask for them to pay a fee for background checks and they look like great tenants, but then so...

I've done hundreds of transactions, both residential & commercial, but I've never done a ground lease.  I've got an opportunity to work on a ground lease deal with a tenant and buyer of the land...curious if you c...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $472,500

It is currently operating as a short-term rental.

What made you interested in investing in th...

Hi BP,I'm considering a corporate relocation out of state and trying to decide whether I should sell my San Jose home or rent it out while we’re away. We expect to spend 3-5 years out of state for the job, and then r...

Hey Folks! My husband Scott and I had the honor of being interviewed by Julian Sage on the STR Success Stories podcast. We talked a lot about our experience shopping for and managing our two STR’s in the smokies. Giv...

I own and live in a pretty triplex with four rental units, built in 1928. One of my long-term tenants moved out. I installed new hardwood flooring in her unit and restored and shellacked the woodwork with the expectat...

When I bought my primary residence, the property taxes went from $1,200 to $3,600 a year. The sellers were elderly and had owned it for twenty or thirty years. I wasn’t prepared and it was quite a shock. I’m looking t...

With the increase in interest rates, looming recession, and drop in asset values generally, at what are the cap rates that folks are you purchasing? Is 10% still the magic number or are folks willing to buy at a lower...

Hello all,So, here is another deal that we picked up.  It was sinking pretty bad in the middle of the house and we couldn't sell it on the wholesale side, so we opted to purchase it ourselves and see how this would wo...

I'm a new investor with one property in my portfolio so far. I want to invest in another property and so have been really crunching numbers and analyzing my last investment. Honestly, I'm feeling a bit confused about ...