As far as I know, the landlord is responsible for shrubs trimming and trees pruning. I live oversea and I periodically ask to the property manager to take a picture of the yard for having an idea about the status o...

First let me start with, I'm a residential investor and have only done a few small commercial deals as an agent. I'm considering developing some condos. I've talked to a few commercial lenders and gotten a few differe...

We are evaluating conversion of our Condo Association in NV to an Townhouse Association. the condo buildings share roofs and vertical walls i.e. they are attached side by side. We are evaluating this to reduce our HOA...

Hi guys, So I'm looking to invest in my first buy and hold property. I'm looking at a duplex that is set up on a well water system. I am not to familiar with how well systems work and how well they maintain. Does anyo...

Hi all,
Wondering if there is a way to get out of paying capital gains on selling a second home for personal use. This is for my mom, who has been a snow bird in Port Richy, FL at this property for a little over 6 mo...

I am trying to decide whether or not it makes sense to spend the time money and effort to obtain and maintain a real estate brokers license. I only plan to flip three or four houses a year. I understand about all th...

I thought I would share this with the BP Community as it lists markets that have the largest rent increases from Q4 2015 to Q4 2015. Any on here surprise you? What surprised me that 1/2 of the markets where relatively...

I use the standard CA rental agreement  - the only change I made was regarding appliances.In my lease it is written that tenant is responsible for maintaining all the appliances. However, if an appliance breaks downs ...

Hi Everyone,
I was wondering how you handle getting the lawn mowed on your single family rentals. For my first 2 houses I have provided push mowers and have the tenants cut the grass. After thinking about this more,...

Switched PMs recently and the former PM decided to remove our entire listing. Understood that some of the stuff on the listing is their proprietary information but this results in us losing all the reviews. When setti...