The last week has been depressing as we went through a prelim exercise to understand our tax situation. We have a MAGI of over $150k through 2 W-2's, live in a rented house and own a few multi-families. We made a rent...

Hey everyone, just wanted to get some advice about a situation we find ourselves in.  Here's the story.  My wife and I just bought a house last December in a small HOA community (around 50 homes, $60/mo dues)  The hou...

So, they say the definition of insanity is expecting different results by doing the same thing.  I'm looking for others' experience and advice with regard to my latest question.A tenant has requested of the utility co...

Hey bp,
I am buying my primary home via land contract, from my grandparents. I have a lot of equity, I only owe 30,0000 on a house that is worth around 100,000, so I was trying to take advantage of my equity and ...

Recently several people I know in the real estate arena are looking for additional cash flow opportunities and one area is in the area of e-commerce - there are several real estate gurus out there who are now pitching...

I'm having to file my first insurance claim in 15 years of owning 8 rental properties. The tenant accidentally left the water on in an upstairs bathroom sink that was clogged (never notified me). 5hrs later when retur...

My tenant didn't pay me rent and utilities and I gave her a 3 Day Notice which is due next Tuesday.
She threatened me that she won't leave for another 2 months and she told me that she doesn't care about having an ev...

I've been following the podcasts and reading some books but I've never heard of anyone putting solar panels on a rental, why is this? I did a BiggerPockets search and found a few year old post saying submetering is gr...

I found this site while looking up information on RV Park cost to develop in Colorado.  I came across a thread about water treatment plants and a gentleman by the name of Jim Johnson  caught my eye.  He mentioned havi...

Hey everyone,

Ok there is a duplex in my neighborhood. One half is beautiful (obvuoisly owned seperately) the other half is boarded up.. It has been this way for 5 years. I checked with the village they said it was ...