I am working on an off market deal in Memphis and everything is looking good. House only needs minor repairs (pull out carpet and some painting). But in the living room the Sheetrock was laid the direction of the ceil...

Went over to a rental property today to work on a leaking basement window. One of my tenants was at home recovering from surgery on his arm. While I was there, a vein in his arm ruptured and he started bleeding heavil...

Hi Everyone,I purchased a property to flip about a year ago.  Prior to purchase, as is customary in NJ, I had a tank sweep company come investigate the property.  They indicated that there were no oil tanks on the pro...

Wow so I’ve been having problems with one of my tenants whom have been paying the rent late the past 4 months and they’ve gotten worse, I’ve been having to charge them late fees. Now these are stellar tenants, until t...

Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice about my situation. I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I have an elderly tenant with health problems whom I gave a rent increase letter to a couple months ag...

Hello We have a new tenant on our first ever rental property and they’re are requesting adding a water softener citing hardness? Should we agree? Should we say no? I’m afraid if we agree or negotiate they may ask for ...

Hello Everyone,   My name is Eric, I'm a General Contractor and REI from the Western MA/Springfield, MA area.    I'm about to put an offer in on my next property and I was hoping to run the details by everyone and see...

We expect to close in a couple weeks on our 2nd flip, a 2400 sqft 3/3 Townhome in Tampa.    We purchased this via the MLS from the original owner of this 2009 built home for $115K.   Yes 2009...conventional wisdom wou...

You own a rental out of state, you fire your current property manager after only 2 months. Your new PM emails you a couple dozen photos of the property to document the condition of the property when he took over. Th...

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First thing I'm glad I joined BP the post, books, and podcast are great! There is so much to learn on here but I plan on sticking around here and learning so I can tell my first success story!

However, I just sc...