Pro's: It's great to have BP as a trustworthy partner to give clients a level of trust that they will be taken care of. BP cosigns our ability to operate and vets us both on the phone and online prior to featuring us....

Hey everyone, hope y’all are doing alright. My tenant just moved out and she left 38 small holes in a room. Should I and could I take their security deposit or portion of it? What would you do? She also lost one of th...

Hi BP community!I'm just starting out in REI. I'm looking for thoughts or feedback for me on what it means to be "socially responsible" when it comes to REI and property management. Anyone think I'm being naive? :)I p...

I don't think the CDC will extend the moratorium again (past the end of June) with vaccines widely available. Perhaps congress will but I don't think so because they won't want it ending in the winter or during the sc...

Good evening BP,I currently rent out and manage one property. My tenants are due to move out on May 1, 2016. They did their part of informing me with written notice (they are military and fell on orders to move) and w...

There is something called an efficient market (well known in stocks and commodities).  That is where there is no easy money to be made, as everything is priced so no one has an advantage.
Then there is the mania.  Fo...

When moving a tenant in, it is easy to skimp with the move-in inspection check list (or "Property Condition Report", as we call it) yet it is a critical document. I'm looking to improve my process for getting this...

According to Tom Bay’s book, Look Within or Do Without, Harvard Business School did a study on how well its students were doing financially 10 years after they graduated. Here’s what he found:

•27% needed financial a...

As a kid I spent a lot of time in my Grandfather's real estate office on Center Street in Provo, UT.  Part of that may have been the old time Coke machine that offered chilled bottles of Fanta Red Cream Soda, and a t....