In 2012 we hired a management company to manage one of our out of area properties in Illinois. What initially looked like a great match turned out to be a disaster, and we had to terminate the company after just one m...

Massachusetts Real Estate Pro’sQ: If I were to have a cash buyer and a property ready to be matched right now and I am the wholesaler, how to I go about signing the contract? What contract is used? Will the selling re...

I have a tenant who has been in a house for almost 2 years.  She has always paid the rent on time and for the most part has been good with the exception perhaps of not being quite as tidy as I'd like but mostly good.F...

I am thinking about buying a 3 Unit MF house within 1 hour of train/bus commute to NYC for about 300-400k. The issue is, this is in the hood. I plan on being in and out within 2 years of renovation and renting out eve...

I'm curious what you use to choose your vacation rental site for each property. I have a few assumptions about what you are using to make the decision (such as airbnb is probably better in cities due to a younger targ...

Hello BPers,I own a rental property (single family home) in CA bay area, and I was looking into doing a 1031 exchange with a larger property as a way to upgrade income.  But on second thoughts, after years of being a ...

I am a SF investor looking for the first time at multi-family. The property in question is a block of 18 1BR condominiums currently being operated as apartments. They are part of a tranche of ~40 condominiums that t...

Today I got 2 inquiries from prospective renters with service dogs. One is a chihuahua, and the other inquirer's dog is a puppy, and not even certified yet. It still has 26 weeks of training left before being certifie...

I was browsing through the forums and came across a thread started by a landlord in Portland, Oregon. Long story short, I discovered that Portland requires their Landlords to give tenants a 90 day notice anytime they ...

I've been trying to follow what is happening on the STR front nationwide and would love to hear from BP members about what's happening in your particular city/location as far as restrictions?  When we bought our prope...