My tenants haven't paid their rent since July.  I know, I'm too soft-hearted for this business, but I'm becoming less so, trust me.  After they broke their 5th (6th?) promise on Friday, I served them with a 3 day noti...

Hi BP, when I open any forum or social media the hot topic is upcoming housing market crash. But I don't understand what does "CRASH" means in real state. Is it like stock that will go down 30-50%? Looking at the hist...

I have been researching real estate cycles and found real estate economist Homer Hoyt theory of 18 year real estate cycle in the 1930's. In the early 90's economist Fred E. Foldvary predicted the real estate crash in ...

What do you guys think about solar panels? I'm considering them for a primary residence that we just bought for ourselves.

Salient points:

- One of the more expensive homes in the neighborhood at a litt...

I have been seeing this a lot lately: people who hold on to underperforming properties because they add to their door count or to their self-worth as real estate investors. If you don't like buying hoarders' houses, d...

So I thought I had it figured out with an agent, but so far I've had two that just don't seem to get it. I don't know if both of them just have had more familiarity with the slow and steady type of buyer waiting for t...

Just curious - I've never been part of a syndication either as an investor or the syndicator. We own our own stuff directly, and thus can simply ride out long down cycles (as long as we are not over-leveraged) and con...

Hi everyone,I have a renter currently that says he is wanting to get a dog for service purposes to treat PTSD. However, he states that he wants to get it as a puppy and put it through training to become a service anim...

My note business is growing and I am a rabid supporter of scalable, smart systems and processes. If I have to do something 1 or more times, there should be a system for it. I have heard quite a bit of good for PipeDri...

I've seen in other threads that a lot of landlords basically always include a dishwasher and tile the shower, even for lower end properties. I'm wondering how BP feels about other things like washer/dryer, a/c, garbag...