Ok, long weekend and a little lighthearted fare:

Real estate investors - what kind of car(s) do you drive? Do you prefer luxury cars? Modest cars? How many drive cars with many, many miles on them? And - if you...

Seattle has decided you don't control your destiny or your property

1. you don't have a choice in who you can accept for your rental . . . . 

WA Supreme Court approves Seattle law requiring landlords to accept f...

In 2022, I’d like to choose a route to start my investment portfolio. I don’t own any property yet and based on lots of content and people sharing their many years of experience, I see the value in investing in long t...

I wrote an article for the BP Blog asking a question about real estate appraisers and what role they are playing in holding down real estate values: http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/07/18/are-appraisers-pa...

Hello,We bought this house and closed on April 28th. We have been searching for a qualified tenant but have had no luck.I was wondering how long other investors have had vacancies in months. Is it normal to have a vac...

Hi EveryoneAfter reading through many excellent posts, include the "Diary of a New Construction Project" by @J Scott and @Joshua Dorkin, I thought I might add our voice here on BP. I am proposing to track the entire l...

The other day, I had an interesting conversation with the executive director of the Ohio Department of Commerce. He had called me in response to a complaint I filed against a broker who asked me not to make any offers...

Curious to hear people’s views on the case? I could see the entire industry being changed or some different legal language to some legal forms and things more or less continuing as is. As an aside I do think the combo...

I have a tenant that pays on time and keeps place clean.
I also offer him a desirable place to live that is being taken care of.
To me nice tenant is not the one who expects me to subsidize their rent. 
I provide a...

I'm currently in the process of refinancing a 2 family house which has two 4 bedroom 3 bath units in it.  There are a shortage of multifamily comps in my area and the comps that were used are all 2 bedroom 1 bath two ...