The HOA in which my father lives has changed their payment schedule from quarterly to yearly. He did not receive notice of this change and is now being charged a late fee. I went ahead and paid the full amount due...

Conducted quarterly maintenance visits today. It was so nice to see one of my tenant's home. It was super clean, nicely decorated, yard was well kept, and it smelled good. 🙂 I think this is my favorite property. I ne...

Hi all. Long time lurker here, I've found a lot of value in the forum over the years - thanks for that.My wife and I are 32 and purchased a quarter acre of land near the beach in Mexico several years ago for 70k USD. ...

I just got a notification from the city of Salt Lake that I am required to obtain a business license in order to operate rentals here in Utah. Have any other investors heard of this or gone through the process? Seems ...

Economic Update
(Monday, July 27, 2020)

This week is a good week for real estate investors (particularly if you have a house for sale). Existing houses sales are up, new home sales are up, inventories are down...

Hi All,
I'm curious to know what strategies all of you more experience landlords have used to reduce your water bill?   I heard submetering, tankless water heaters, drought-tolerant landscaping, etc.  Not sure where ...

Hit my goal of 20 properties in December, and grabbed 1 more in January for a total of 21!

It’s been fun working with everyone, and I’m glad to have met some people I work with here on BP. I started buying real estat...

Hey, I just purchased my 1st rental property a couple months ago. In June it will be 6 months since the tenants have been in place. I would thinking of doing a 6 month inspection at the property. What u guys think out...

Dear BP Family,  Here comes another encounter of LL/Tenant question for the experienced Landlords out there.  I've received a request to provide professional pest control service from tenant to help eliminate pest iss...

The SD Housing panel has approved them:https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/san-diego/story/2019-10-10/san-diego-housing-panel-oks-movable-tiny-houses-as-new-low-cost-optionNot sure how much of the article...