I am a newbie at REI and recently have run into issues that are kind of stupid but that I would highly appreciate your input. I recently bought a 2-fam home and rented out one of the apartments (4-1) to a S8 tenant. T...

OK BP's community,  out of curiosity, could a landlord or someone say looking for a roommate advertise that they didn't want to rent to a supporter of a certain political party?  or politician (say Trump)? MY question...

Hi BP Friends,I am working to convince my husband to buy-in to real estate investing.  Ideally, I would like to find a property in the Milwaukee area that we can self-manage.  We would begin with one lower-cost house ...

Hey y'all,
Anyone know of or have experience financing an ADU? From what I have been researching, their are renovation fixed rate loans like homestyle loans that fund the ADU but don't display the rates on their site...

As a property manager I'm familiar with many trends in fees/revenue generating practices that property managers charge. Some of these practices do not align the property manager and property owner's interest. For exam...

We have a situation where we just signed with a seemingly good tenent. But now they are making demands to improve the property.  They want storm door locks. Security lights etc. They had also brought a dump a er to re...

After months of searching for my first investment property in SoCal, I've narrowed my search down to a few areas that meet my cash on cash requirement. That said, these areas are a little shadier. Not warzones by any...

Does everyone offer ceiling fans in their properties?Being in Florida I offer a ceiling fan in every room.As I turn over a property the first time I would verify every breaker every circuit and pretty much open all th...

I have a potential tennent that offered to make repairs to the house in exchange for discounted rent.
I'm leery of the idea because I dont know quality of work. But I'm also open to it because contractors have questi...

I have a tenant in an SFR with 6 months remaining on their lease. I lived in the home for 5 years before renting it out without major problems. Just a few days ago I received a call from the local utility company rega...