Hi all,My wife and I have setup our 2nd STR and it is in an area that got hit pretty hard with winter storms in Clackamas County Oregon east of Portland.  Today we got a request to stay at our property for 5 months be...

 Hello BP,I need some advice, I am trying to make an offer for a 4BR, 2BA 1834sq (730K ARV) home in a suburbs of Los Angeles. It's a for sale by owner with no agents involved, the owners told me that the their previou...

Has anyone figured out why after 3-4 months tenant a, b and c has HVAC filters that look 100 years old and completely clogged but tenant d’s filter looks brand new?  All have pets and no smell of smoke in the house. A...

I'm looking at a potential opportunity. SFH, ranch, currently has tenants. I looked up the owners, they live in SoCal a few thousand miles away. In this market the rent:price is usually around 0.5%, pretty terrible. T...

I am trying to understand why we need to collect pet deposit. If the pet made any damage, we can deduct it from security deposit, right? It makes more sense to me to collect non refundable pet fee or pet rent, but I a...

As a true beginner in real estate investing, is short term vacation rentals a good route to start?

I need to get my current place rent ready.

It took me 8 hours to change...

I am an active duty military member and and I live on base. I have been living here for about four years and it is time for me to move on to my next assignment. Here is my situation. I have talked to many housing resi...

Sams club has apparently discontinued selling decent towels on line all I can find is white in a bath sheet. Any one find a good score on towels lately? 

Does anyone find that STRs have higher need for repairs than long term rentals?  When analyzing, what percentage of gross income do you set aside for cap ex and maintenance?