I am about to close on my first property on October 30th!! (Thanks BP for the inspiration!) This is a duplex that I plan to house hack. I have to do some remodeling that will take about a month but I will be ready to ...

Is it wise to place a dishwasher and garbage disposal in each unit of a forty-four unit property in order to generate larger rents and higher property value? My concern is maintenance and higher water bills.

Hi,This is a more technical question, I have a house with brand new septic system installed, absolutely new drain field and we realised it already saturated in 3 months!! was expected to take around 15-20 years! I che...

Got a unit that turned over and the tenant left the unit smelling real bad. Can't really put my finger on it but smells sort of like body odor, cigarette smoke and uncleaned clothes. Doesn't quite smell like they smok...

Hi all,I've been doing a lot of research recently and am now starting to look at actual rentals and run some numbers. I'd like my first property to cash flow positive. I find estimates for property taxes by looking up...

I need some guidance involving what to do for a maintenance check. Tenants have been in the home for 1 year (2 yr lease). We have been in the home on a few occasions for various issues but have never done a specific c...

AC unit on one of my out-of-state properties went down.  How do you deal with getting multiple quotes from vendors?  Do you ask your tenants what times they are around and then have a few vendors come by and give you ...

Hi all. I'm considering rehabbing a rental property to make it as energy efficient as possible, including replacing appliances and converting the kitchen to induction - which could (in an ideal world) bring down energ...

Hi All,I'm new to BP. I recently purchased my first property in Montana. My unit is near a university and I inherited college students. They are fine renters but I have noticed that cleanliness is average at best and ...

Fellow Investors: After six (6) years of renting out properties, I still haven't yet figured out the best way to mitigate those tenants who fail to keep an eye out for the occasional leaky toilet flapper for which som...