This is our first post!  My husband and I are in the process of researching the Columbus, OH real estate market, with hopes of purchasing an investment property by the end of 2019. We are based on the East Coast. We n...

I'm considering placing a reservation for a pre-construction condo in Bellevue, Washington. I'm familiar with the process of analyzing multi-family investments (& own quite a few), but would appreciate some though...

Hello all, We are somewhat newbies to the RE investing world.  My wife and I (both veterans) have had three properties that we have turned into rentals in the past but we have strictly used VA backed loans to accompli...

Hi all, My wife and I are in the process of marketing and renting out our first income property. Is it normal to do a criminal background check along with the credit history? Just curious. I've advertised on a site ca...

Hello BP Community,I am finishing up the book, Long-Distance Real Estate Investing, by David Greene and he speaks about the biggest house expenses that pertain to specific geographical areas (frozen pipes that burst i...

I currently have a tenant that is not keeping up with the yard maintenance of the home. He is mowing the lawn, but he is not taking care of trimming the bushes and trees. What I want to do is send him a letter letting...

BackgroundI was initially interested in REI around 2013, but since then pretty much only purchased my personal residences (with equity) and sold as prices appreciated. I've frequently considered rental properties, but...

I'm looking at vacation rentals in areas I've never personally visited, and was wondering what everyone did to evaluate the level of demand in a particular area.  If you can add think of anything I'm missing from this...

I have been a DIY landlord for 7 yrs now, and recently I have put up a unit for rent and had an real estate agent working on behalf of a prospective tenant.  This is the first time this has happened, but thanks to the...

From what I've read on the forums, it sounds like anything over $100 / month per a unit is a solid cashflow, but out of curiosity how would you classify more or less than $100/monthly per a unit?

For example, for a d...