Bryant Diel
Novice in Kansas City
Hey Everyone,My name is Bryant Diel, and I reside in Kansas City, Missouri. Aside from listening to the BP podcasts and reading the Rich Dad Poor Dad book series, I don't have any actual experience in real estate inv...
Michael Kistner
Buy and hold repairs
Hey BP Forum! When you purchase a buy and hold property do you believe in making only necessary repairs or do you go in and gut the place even if it doesn’t help your ROI? I’ve been going back and forth on thi...
Shane R Smith
Tenant wants to break a lease 3 months after signing!
Hello fellow BP'ers,The wife and I are having our first not quite sure what to do moment as landlords. Background: We bought our first duplex in October 2018. We inhearited 2 tenants that were had been there for 3 yrs...
Michael Edward Reed
College Student at UT Austin, Texas
My name is Michael Reed. I am currently attending The University of Texas at Austin. I am a freshman Civil Engineering major, but after taking Intro to Civil Engineering, I decided being a Civil Engineer is not for me...
Jeremy Chaser
Are very small, very cheap single family homes good rentals?
I'm itching to jump into my first real estate investment for rental property. One type of property that strikes me as a little unusual is something like:~800-1100 sq ft2-3 BR, 1-2 bathSmall lot, maybe a detached garag...
Chase Hoover
Vacation Rental Bookkeeping
PMs - How do you keep up with the whirlwind of bookkeeping involved with vacation rentals? I've tried different vacation rental softwares that feature "integrated accounting" without much luck. For years I've used s...
Jonathan Stone
Oregon Coast House - Step by Step
Not sure if many people here go step by step through their process of acquiring and setting up their STR or any rentals for that matter. I am new to STR but my wife and I are under contract expecting to close end of ...
Jared Chipkin
Starting a PM company to Handle my rental property
I currently own one rental property (plan on purchasing many more) I would also like to start a property management company that takes care of everything. What is the best way to set this up?I purchased the first hous...
Trace Sexton
New to Real Estate in Birmingham, AL
My name is Trace and I'm new to real estate investing. I'm 26 years old and recently relocated back to the Birmingham area. Although I don't have any practical real estate investment experience, I have dabbled pretty ...
Patrick Menefee
Purchasing an occupied 4plex - are my tenants actually squatters?
Yes, yes they are squatters.I'm in the process of purchasing an occupied 4plex that has been on the market for quite some time (will be an exciting post in the Completed Deal Diaries forum once it's all complete). The...