Building a tax advantaged retirement plan...best ways to invest extra funds + smart exit strategy from rentals.. We may decide to return early...We are looking to build a retirement that minimizes tax obligation, lowe...

Hey all,I'm seeking some advice/input to help me work out what's next for me. Some background:I got into REI to earn enough income from rentals to replace my W2. That journey started in 2016 when I bought a duplex to ...

If a rental applicant falls a little short of our qualification standard of 3x income or favorable credit, we sometimes offer an option for the tenant to pay a double security deposit or pay 2 or 3 month's rent in adv...

So I’ve been trying to help my dad buy a new property to live in, and he’s found this house that he really likes, the house has been for sale for 29 days, the real estate agent that he’s working with, has sent the doc...

We recently purchased a home thru a short sale. It's the first short sale we have done. We usually buy REOs.
When we were negotiating we had the most issues with the holder of the 2nd trust. They kept jerking us arou...

Hey BPers, I'm currently buying a vacation rental in South Padre island, Texas. It's already booked through summer. The company handling the listings is vacasa and charge 30% which seems high. I'm looking to Airbnb th...

Anyone have experience going through this ?

I felt comfortable moving forward for an applicant for one of my rentals but just to cover me a bit I asked for 1.5x the deposit. The applicant was unwilling and kind of up...

Hi BP community. First post here. Quick intro, my wife and I have been researching and trying to buy properties for the past 15 months (more stories about that later on another post). Finally in October, we made 3 off...

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Newbies here.. I recently have a water leak in a house. I called a company that an insurance had referred to do the drying .  They said they also do full repair after it’s all dry up. So they demo part of the h...

So we are trying to refinance our home and found out that we had an issue with the property and after about a month of dealing with the title insurance company we finally got the following letter:

I want to share m...