hi,i have an apartment in a class c area, a great tenant with good income and credit scores but 3=he has 3 cats, i usually do not accept pets but i am thinking if i should make an exception.  what are your thoughts?th...

I've been toying with the idea of buying a winter getaway home, one I could rent out Airbnb/VRBO April-November. I live in St. Paul, Minnesota where I have a great career, investment properties, and a small vacation-r...

I have seen a couple of houses with termite test kits, and have thought about getting them for my other rentals (single family homes). Is this a beneficial use of my money? What are the pros and cons?

A syndicator has told me they can give a better return to IRA investors as they don't need depreciation and her accountant does this type K-1 schedule. This would mean the people investing from their personal savings ...

Hello all! I am going to sign contracts on my first flip on tuesday. We did well and made big profits and the experience was incredible. Now I want to avoid paying taxes if possible. Do any of you more experienced fli...

We moved a new tenant into a 2-family home in New Jersey this past July.  She recently notified us that she found a bedbug and a week later found 3 more in her mattress.  We tried arguing that a bedbug is something sh...

I'm in the Portland, Maine area and trying to build out my spreadsheet for running numbers on buy and hold multi families (4 units or less). I looked around BP a little, found @Brandon Turner's investment calculator a...

Hello BP CommunityThis is a very newbie post which will be long so please bear with me.I am 29 and recently (last year) bought a 3/2 near a military base,. It was a turn key and I figured I would rent it out to milita...

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As a state capitol with one of the largest colleges in the country, and as a base for many large companies such as JPMorgan Chase, L Brands, Honda, Nationwide and State Farm Insurance just to name a few, Columbus has ...