Hello, everyone - I'm currently working my way through J Scott's books and taking notes. I'm a buy-and-hold investor by nature but it seems acquiring distressed properties and adding value through renovation (minor or...

Hi everyone! I am in a big jam, here's my situation....One of my recent aquistions was a 12 unit apartment building. After the 1st month, I received an astronomical high water bill/sewer. Where I purchased this buildi...

I'm ready to jump in and buy my first actual investment (non-house hack/already doing it). I'm 50+ years old and generally want to purchase cash flow properties as I inch toward retirement. I'm in a fairly transient a...

Hey BPers.
I have my first unit and, to be honest, it's being sitting the last 9 months because of other business endeavors.
I'm circling back to it and my question is this (see picture).

There are 2 light fixtur...

Accepted an applicant and received a non-refundable Holding Interest Deposit for my rental. I asked if he would consider a two years lease and he said he would after he inspect the maintenance repairs. He did an inter...

So, I've been at this DM Campaign for a few weeks and I'm starting to feel like I am in over my head. I have mailed out about 550 mailers and have yet to have gotten a call from one. I am posting on Cragislist every d...

Hi! I'm Vanessa. My husband and I own a home in the north suburbs of Chicago. We both, somewhat inadvertently, fell into owning 2 rental condos in Chicago.  Both of the rentals were ours before we married and bought a...

Some people have been sharing news articles on the forums and I came across one today that I thought I'd share.  Basically, the author is stating that landlords are using late fees and evictions as a source of income ...

My partner and I decided to pick this house because it was more of a turnkey property. We didn't want our first property to give us too much problems. We ended up painting the interior walls of the upstairs bedroom, k...

Hello all,I'm new to BP and investing. I am mainly interested in doing buy and hold but I want to try some flips as well. I am in the bay area in the east bay in union city / hayward area.I've found a house that I cou...