Economic Update
(Monday, May 10, 2021)
Are you making love less? I thought so. Apparently you’re not alone. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the number of babies born in the U.S. dropped by ...

Hi BP!One of the rentals that I own in Memphis, TN that I bought in early January had a Section 8 tenant already in place, the deal looked good on paper, but I forgot to ask for the rent ledger. It turns out that the ...

Met with attorney last night to discuss issues re: first investment. One item was forming an LLC, which attorney said he could do for a bit less that $1000. Today, met with banker (Wells Fargo), and during the co...

Purchased a property that was listed by sellers agent on Zillow realtor.com etc as triplex with rents listed etc. my realtor verified the rents, as it has been rented as a triplex for 25+ years, worked with both my re...

Hi All,
My name is Andrew and I'm from the Southeast PA area (Philly suburbs) and have been involved in real estate since 2006 when I purchased and "house hacked" my first home. To date I've been focused on buy and ...

I am hiring my brother inlaw and his crew to do a tear off and new roof on one of my rentals. In most cases, I wouldn't be too worried about it, but he is talking about using 7 guys. All of these guys do this work on ...

Rewiring most of a house I'm flipping due to it containing knob & tube. Taking down a load-bearing wall and redoing some of the ceiling on the first floor. The house was built in 1930. Fire code states if a house ...

So I'm talking to my girlfriend, who lives in Los Angeles. She currently lives at her parents house and her dad is a very avid gardener. In their back yard they have a couple banana trees he planted.
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I've been planning to buy a 4 unit home on an FHA mortgage, and rent out three of those units. Problem is; lately I've been looking at information related to being a landlord and well... it's really complicated. I ...

Hi everybody,My brand new tenants just informed me that the next door neighbor's pit bull has been digging underneath the fence and setting up shop in their backyard.  I plan on discussing it with the neighbor, but I ...