Jon K.
I collected every penny of an almost $4700 judgement
When I was first starting out as a landlord and before I really made any effort to educate myself I of course made some mistakes. One was letting a tenant fall three months behind on rent before they ultimately left (...
Justin Hayman
New member from Santa Rosa, CA
Good morning BP!My name is Justin Hayman. I've lived in the North Bay most of my life, currently living in Rohnert Park, but working in Santa Rosa. Speaking of work - it's been a CRAZY 3 months for me. As many of y...
Brant Jones
Investing Out of State from CA - What About Taxes and Liability?
I live in CA and so far have only owned rentals in CA. I am looking to invest in small multi-family properties out of state (WI and/or IL), 50/50 with a partner, for better returns, and am curious how others in CA are...
Carla D Laskey
Newbies in Katy, Texas
Greetings all! My hubby (Otis) and I are in the spanking brand new stage of building our REI business. We are going to one of the 3 day seminars (Than Merrill) in a few weeks. However, our whole intention is to go str...
Douglas Larson
One of my small projects is now famous!
In late May of 2014 I bought a short sale and renovated the home and yard. It soon became summer and with my kids out of school (a 4 and a 7-year old), we spent a lot of time as a family at the home. I did quite a bit...
Matt Harris
Bed bugs in multiunit
hi have an issue that maybe another landlord has some experience with. I have a 4 unit I owned for over two years with no bed bug issues now I had a resident complain of them I inspected and found it to be true so I i...
Parker Brand
STR Beach Property in NC
Hi BP Community!
I have been studying the short term vacation market on the North Carolina coast for the last few weeks, particularly Carolina Beach. From in-person chats with STR owners and data from AirBNB/HomeAway...
Kelly Martinez
Vacation Rental - Where to begin?
I'm about to close on a property that will be my first vacation rental, so I'm starting from scratch. I'd really appreciate some advice about how to get started when I get the keys. One of the first things I think I s...
Luke Moore
Cedar Falls Iowa Assisted Living
I am going to share my journey building my 16 bedroom assisted living property in Iowa. This will be my first time going into assisted living care. It took me a long time to get this deal done approximately 1.5 year...
Alex Kosley
Paying off debt vs. investing in LTR - Thoughts?
I am a 29 year old male, married, with joint income living in Dallas. My wife and I bought our first home in Feb. 2020 for 360k (4bd/2ba), worth roughly 500k now. We were fortunate to save enough to buy a new primary ...