I’m getting ready to start my first rental property rehab and would like others thoughts on kitchen appliances.The previous owner is leaving a white refrigerator that is in decent shape. Should I buy a white stove/ove...

Does anyone struggle with 'Black Friday' syndrome in the winter like I do?  The opportunities for investments in the winter months are plentiful, sellers are desperate, and almost no one is buying (I'm in Minnesota, f...

Hi,we fixed the basement window sill a year ago, it was ruined by water leaking from outside as we thought.   I had handyman work on the slab to raise it. The basement window is on the north and irs quite damp outside...

Fellow BP colleagues...I need a sanity check.  So I started looking at SFRs as a rental property since May.  I have finally found a 4/3 property in the Tampa Riverbend neighborhood and have my 69K offer accepted.  I h...

I was wondering what people think about buying houses in an area where most likely the occupants are section 8 and the area has high crime. The house prices seem to be really low...like $8k. It seems crazy you woul...

We will close on this house in about 2 weeks, and it needs some curb appeal! Apparently someone doesn't like color, because everything on the outside of this house is white! White metal roof, white vinyl siding, white...

My name is Christopher Wilbur. I am an owner/partner at a technology firm in Eastern Massachusetts and I am looking to break into real estate investing. I came across this site as well as the podcasts last week and ...

There was a house that came on the market that I went to view and saw it had a notice from the county that said it is not fit for human habitation. I contacted the county to see what the issue or code violation was b...

Hi BP family!Recently purchased our first rental home in Baltimore City, Maryland using Hard Money. We need to confirm whether we can turn the basement into a 3rd bedroom. The house is currently listed as 2 bed, 1 bat...

I have 12 units across 5 buildings.  One is in year 2, all the rest are still in year 1.  On paper, all the buildings required some rehab because they were purchased below market.  So it's pretty much a given that yea...