I am well above the average DIYer in skill, and was mostly through a home-inspection course before career change, so I know a great deal about most things in a home, except for wells/septic.

I am looking at a...

Hey guys. I just bought my first house, moved in last month. A couple of weeks ago, we had a very wet weekend and I noticed water stains in the baseboards of my finished basement. No French drains, no sump pumps. I’m ...

What can a buy&hold guy do to shave an extra $100 off monthly expenses without taking on additional work for himself? Tips I've gathered so far are a combination of the following: challenge property taxes, shop fo...

Good Evening All-I have been scoping Bigger Pockets out for a little over a year (stumbled upon it while searching about real estate) and have been a little self-conscious about asking questions.  No one wants to soun...

Hi all,Is text and/or email an acceptable way of discussing pending issues with your tenants? Or does any communication regarding rents, fees, utilities, etc. have to be done via mail? If for some reason you end up in...

How would you handle tenant not informing of major issues including sewer back-up/and not following lease provisions that caused it in the first place?Have 3 adults zero kids living in a rental 3 bed single family hom...

Hey BP world - just thought I’d post this as I have been laying awake stressing about the issue all morning. So in December after having my property for two months I had sewage backup in the downstairs tenants shower...

So a couple months ago I had a leak from an HVAC unit in one . the HVAC is over 30 years old... the leak was fixed but the water of course sat under the laminate wood floors and now I’m dealing with trying to repair t...