Hi all - we have an ADU in our single family home and have been including the cost of utilities in the ADU rent. We recently started charging our tenants a $100 flat rate to help cover some of our soaring utility cost...

How often do you write an offer for a home that you have not seen in person? Do you always just lowball hoping to find a seller that will take the bite? How often does that actually work and how low the offer was? Was...

Hey BP community, I'm at a stage in my learning process where I am ready to pull the trigger on my first investment property, pending current economic uncertainties but that is a post I've seen covered plenty already ...

i am having trouble finding an investor friendly attorney in so cal thats familiar with lease options. also, if you work with an attorney and want a third party to take payments escrow , can you do it through the atto...

Long story short:  Should I bother taking a nightmare previous tenant to court for $1500? I looked at the pro se small claims court website in my area - which is 45 minutes away, and it says that ALL cases are referr...

Hi,I've been doing this for a few years, first just renting out the second bedroom in my condo and now since I moved out of that condo I rent out the whole thing and also bought a house where I'm living and renting ou...

Attorney won't return deposit!

Hello everyone,

Buying: I have been reading for long time, and finally made my move last month. I placed several bids on a townhouse, and finally got it for 123k. 6k needs to be pa...

I have never used birddogs before, but I know a lot of investors have. Other than Cragis list or your local investors group, how can you find a good birddog? How much do you pay? Some say they pay a flat amount and s...

I have a 6-unit property in Midtown Kansas City that I bought in 2020 from a slumlord. The whole place has had modest renovation done to it and are all 3 bed / 1 bath units @ 1200 sq ft.

I have a couple vacancies t...

Hello, I'm new here and new to REI in general.  I've been starting out by looking at MLS properties near me to get a feel for things in my area.  I've found a few properties which seem good to me on paper, but I would...