I'd like to hear from some experienced rental property investors about what you focus on in your markets when rehabbing a rental. I hear a lot of people say kitchens, floors, paint, etc. Do any of you replaces furnace...

Hi all!  I just bought my first property and have gotten lots of responses from various online sites like zillow and craigslist.  What I am wondering is if anybody has ever dealt with people working a scam on their ad...

Hey there- I am interested in getting my real estate license in California, however, you have to work under a broker if you do anything that requires a license. If you aren't interested in working as an agent, is ther...

So I just had a discussion with a retired family member who made her money (millions) in real estate. I brought up the BRRRR strategy and she got upset that I brought this up as an actually viable strategy. She asked,...

Hi everyone. I am 28 and a junior in college (I started late). I have been studying real estate investing for probably ten years. I haven't done my first deal yet, but I'm getting old (just read Brandon's post ab...

I just bought two duplexes which I discuss in the forum post here. I normally do the demo work myself, but since I'm working on some other things at the moment, I decided to throw an ad up on Craigslist and see if I c...

Hi all,
A woman that lives in Florida applied for my apartment in New Jersey, because she's coming back to live with her husband who live in New York (and works in NJ).
I was supposed to sign a lease today with a ne...

Self storage popping up everywhere, what is the BP community thoughts on self storage in small towns? The town with less then 2000 people. Currently 62% occupied.

So I sent out 1270 letters to absentees last week. I got 60 calls for a response rate of 4.7%.

To be honest, out of all these calls I only went out to see 2 of the owners, and made a few offers over the phone (mostly...

Earlier today we fixed a problem that we were notified about last night. The problem, though, is that that issue had been happening for almost a week!

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