My partner and I are about to close on a 5 unit apartment complex in Longview, Washington. One of the tenants has been in the unit for a decade and has been smoking in their unit. Not only that, but the unit needs maj...

Hi All,I'm 25 years old, so social media plays a big part in my life (or used too). I quit my full time job January 1st, and blocked out all outside distractions in my life, which included FB and instagram. As I'm sta...

Instead of a question, i'll tell a tale from one of our tenants. Feel free for your own stories.We knew a couple about 3 years ago, going through a hard time, and they needed a property. We knew they weren't going to ...

Hello everyone, I recently bought a property with inherited tenant and, she wants to drive me crazy.  I have done many repairs since I bought the property but she keeps complaining for every little thing.  Last week s...

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I am rehabbing a property in Philadelphia with intentions to flip it and I am a Realtor. The estimated completion date was April 1st initially and then with some added work that came up, we signed an add...

Hello BP, it's my first post so go easy on me. How do some of you estimate what a property will cash flow and what your expenses will be before you buy? Is there a formula or perhaps a "rule of thumb"? I'm currently a...

My headline sounds illogical because we all need shelter. But truthfully, I don't want to rent(throwing money away)and I don't want to own a home either(hate paying maintenance, taxes, insurance).Since I work from hom...

Hey All,Newbie here planning my first round of marketing to be launched March 9, 2015.  I've spent the majority of my time designing my marketing campaign, but before I launch I'd like to have at least a basic game pl...

Josh,from reading some of the posts lately, it seems there is an issue with double posts.

I know when I replied to a post yesterday that it happened to me. Now that I see it happening to others I thought I'd bring it...

Background: We (me, 25F, and husband, 28M) are semi-low earners for the FIRE community and the urban area we live in and have hit a point where it's hard to reduce expenses much more. We'll work hard to increase incom...