I live in Virginia in the metropolitan DC area.  I have dealt with many real estate agent trying to buy property or involved with friends or family in their purchases.  I noticed that just about every agent has nice l...

I had tenants move out when their lease was up
They notified me 2 months in advance that they were leaving. They never paid the last months rent and left everything they owned in the house. Unfortunately none of it wa...

Hello BP.  I am getting into buy and hold investing and I am considering renting to HUD applicants. For people who have had success renting to HUD applicants, how do you screen tenants?

This is my 5001st post on BP in just under 5 years of being a member of this community. So I thought I would take this time to reflect on all that has happened since then.Before BP – I worked a 50+ hour a week corpor...

Hello BP Community! I am a new member here from the north Texas region. A year ago I purchased 4 acres that had a house on it being sold "as is". I quickly named this eye sore the "crack house" because it was so fi...

Hey guys!
We "inherited" old washer and dryer when purchased a 4-plex not long ago. Washer's fine, but dryer takes 2 cycles to dry the clothes, and one tenant is complaining.
Should we replace the dryer, and if yes, w...

Under contract on our first potential property and just got the inspection report back. I feel totally overwhelmed by the list of 100+ things. Which of these would you expect seller repair credits on? Which of the pro...

Friday after submitting my water meter reading I received a call from the water company informing me that the water usage at my 6 unit property was twice the average and that I should expect ~$1000 water bill for the ...

My painter that I hired yesterday showed up to only gather his stuff and leave. He finally returned a call and told me that when I get done with all of the prep work to call him "if I was still interested in using him...

I've read a lot about people buying and holding in the rust belt and have been doing some basic research into the areas. I've been leaning towards buy & holds in OH or IN, and looking at certain areas that cash fl...