Hi everyone!This is my *personal* home...not a rental. I live in a contemporary-style Cedar home. We have updated it a lot over the years and now I'm beginning on my living room.The living room has a cathedral ceiling...

Hey All --After many months of work, the New BiggerPockets is now here!If you're on the old site, click the link at the top orange bar and you can start using it today or go to http://beta.biggerpockets.comWe've got a...

My tenant in a SFH (single mother with toddler) was contacted by the gas company saying she was using excessive gas. They sent a technician out who did a pressure test on the gas line and said there is a leak on the ...

I need ideas on flooring of townhouse. Input is 2 floors house, the first floor has cement floor, the second is covered with plywood. The previous owner had carpet on it, but they removed it and I've been left with pl...

Is it the types of tenants they attract, or a deeper social influence that the parks themselves create that apartments and other "tight living spaces" do not?

I must have poor intuition for this sort of thing, becaus...

Economic Update
(Monday, October 5, 2020)

The economic collapse sparked by the pandemic is triggering the most unequal recession in modern U.S. history, delivering only a mild setback for those at (or near) the...

                                                     Economic Update                                           (Monday, November 30, 2021)
The shortened Thanksgiving week was a relatively quiet period for our econo...

I am in the process of renovating a rental property and I need to replace eight windows upstairs and one window in the basement.I have contacted four contractors to come on Monday and Tuesday to provide a price for in...

So I have been an Airbnb host for about a year and a half with my primary residence (in-law suite in the basement as well as private rooms) and just got our second property up on the Airbnb market.  My wife and I do a...