I've been trying to save money, and even am getting a roommate.

Now I've got a 2nd floor shower leak, leaking downstairs onto tile kitchen.

It's a stall shower with plastic shower floor. Shower & pipes ~10 year...

Short-term rental regulations in Colorado Springs took another sudden turn for the worse last week. If you own an STR in Colorado Springs or want to in the future, now's the time to make your voice heard. (See end for...

Are there any car enthusiasts on BP? I'm in to cars from the 60s through now. Some of my favorites are the '64 Lincoln Continental, '72 Chevelle, '87 Grand National, BMW 8-Series and the current MBZ CLS. Post your fav...

This year, I had an impressive first in my landlording career. I've already had to change out two legacy bathroom sink drain assembles in two rentals in two months. Anyone who has had to do work on bathroom vanity dra...

I got married last year on Halloween eve after not even knowing the girl 3 months.. the first month of the relationship was wonderful i was working in west texas building a gas plant and she was my camper wife.. but i...

Hello! New to STR and new to BiggerPockets. I am a full time real estate agent and have just reached the point where I can start investing myself. I found a place in a vacation area (2.5 hours away from me by car) tha...

Hey BP!Just want to toss out a question here about furnishing/staging an Airbnb. I'm researching different options to accomplish this for a couple Airbnb listings I'm looking to potentially post in a couple months.I w...

What kind of crazy responses have you had to your letters sent offering to buy someone's house?

I've had someone completely chew me out for sending "all of those f'ing" letters and threatened to kick my butt. He expr...

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

Hey all, Looking for some help. This is my first property, and i am having a hard time understanding the numbers.  Reo for 218kI want to offer 170k, this is a 203k with estimated 50k in repairs. i am asking seller (ba...