Hello,I am new here and it would be very helpful to hear your feedback. I live in LA and have an accepted offer in Bakersfield to buy a duplex. Both units 2/1 (2'tandem' bedrooms, one of them is very small, like a sun...

Last September, one of the original institutional investors in the housing-to-rent strategy, multi-billion hedge fund Och-Ziff called it quits on the landlord business. The reason: "the New York-based hedge fund is lo...

Hi,
Today I spoke to one of the Attorney/portfolio company which offered a free consultation to talk to me about LLC strategy and ofcourse understandably also as a sales call to get me as their client.  
Basic Struc...

We just collected first month's rent this evening! We screened and declined several applicants (even returned a deposit to hold for one declined applicant - took a lot of self control)and finally settled on some tenan...

Dear BP,This site offers a LOT of useful info (and great calculators) helping newbies to start investing into residential real estate: rental SFRs, multiplexes, condos... That is great, and I did it for some time. Wor...

Hello! My name is Brandon and I want to get started in real estate investing. As it stands right now I own a 4 unit commercial building (2 store fronts, 2 apartments). My business is currently occupying the 2 store fr...

I am only 14 years old, and my goal is to own many commercial and multifamily properties making up hundreds or thousands of units.  Should I close on my first deal in college? Should I wait until after college? What t...

I am still a new host and air bnb has not been what I expected so far to say the least. I have a guest who booked yesterday for a week. He had a new profile and not much info, so I was a little suspicious but let him ...

The past couple newsletters have been about my experience in our new normal. All of us are finding ways to adapt. I set out at the beginning of 2020 to acquire 50 rental units. I am still pushing towards that goal. So...

Just wondering how often other landlords do a walk thru of the property to make sure they are not trashing it?

I normally walk thru every other month but lately it drives me nuts the way some or my tenan...