I live in a 3BR 3BA townhouse and I've set the rental price for master bedroom to be higher than the market to see what happens. The most promising contact I got is an employed, college educated, 30yo female with 35lb...

I purchased a duplex last month that was built in 1921.  There have been 2 days in the past month where we have gotten a TON of rain and we ended up with some small to medium size puddles in the basement.  Is this cau...

My neighbor has had 2 trees fall on my house in 2 months. He says it's my problem and won't even help with my deductible for what is now 2 separate insurance claims.  Legally he is correct.  In the state of Florida, ...

Hello BiggerPockets Real Estate Community!
I'm a wannabe real estate investor looking to purchase his first deal. Starting in August of this year, I started seriously learning about the world of real estate investing...

Projecting Major Disaster areas when investing

2006 may be a dangers time when investing in real estate so projecting your potential for disaster can be a great aid to your success.

History shows the following over ...

I have a tenant, after one month of occupancy, has lost his job (so he says) has not paid rent and is not responding to any communication.  Our last discussion over a week ago, was he has some interviews but has not g...

A neighbor of a rental property that I own, sent a letter through certified mail (received in my mailbox without my signature) and notified me that roots of a tree on my rental property has caused extensive damage to ...

Hello to All,My business partner and I (both Realtors in southern Ca)have decided to take the plunge and purchase our first flip.  After running the comps and walking through with my dad and Uncle (both in the busines...

In crawling the crawlspace of a $40-45k mill house (tiny, sort of subsistence standard of living), I noticed that whoever did the re-wire, most likely didn't do it to code or have it inspected.I know that the current ...

Has anyone ever included a clause in their rental leases for tenants that want to have a home gym? I have several homes with single car garages that are near a military base. One current tenant has outfitted the garag...