My first attempted deal in REI turned into a bust yesterday as the seller failed to perform. I'm hoping to field some advice from the biggerpockets crowd on how to handle this situation. It's a bit of a long post (sor...

We had a conversation with a guy today and it went something like this:"Hey I saw you hauling some lumber the other day. Whatcha building?""We bought a rental house and I was fixing a safety hazard." (Concrete step at...

I have a tenant who lives in one of my apartments who has given notice to move out on May 31st. I should note that I had a full-time property manager at the time she moved in (they have since been removed), and unfort...

Hello Note People. I just wanted to stop in and share some of my takeaways from the Note Buyer’s Boot Camp held by American Home Preservation in Chicago last week. This post might be useful to newbies like me thinking...

In reviewing past threads, I admit being sent into a mild panic over this 50% percent rule of thumb, despite the fact that I am experienced and currently own and operate 41 units... single family and duplexes with ...

Ok it's all the buzz that we may be looking at a market correction. Some say crash. Some say downturn. Some say recession. As a buy and hold investor with mostly single family with a few small multifamily, no matter w...

Just curious about those who do their own painting. How long does it take you to paint an avg. size room. Let's assume:

- a 10x12 room
- ceiling one color, with a simple piece of moulding in the same color
- walls a ...