Buckle up. This is a long post addressing many myths around the current obsession with the "STR loophole." And the first of such myths is that it is a loophole. No, it is not. Loopholes are something UNintended. In co...

Since I signed up for my BP membership, I have been pretty diligent about trying to evaluate at least a few properties every day.  Originally, just to get reps in I was utilizing the rental calculator for everything j...

I've found a single family home in a market in Chicago that is definitely on the ups.  The house is a total dump, but the area is perfect (I've researched this area extensively and have been searching for a while) and...

Hey, I'm a 21 year old student in my third year of university. I have 22000 dollars in student loan debt, i recently had a credit card go to collections but paid in full in January of this year, but other than that i ...

My tenant’s shower was leaking into another apartment and needed to be completely gutted and rebuilt because of mold. She has been staying with her parents while the work is being completed She is requesting a c...

Need help from the accountants out there, there are a lot of posts on this topic but none I could find that address this question and my CPA wasn't much help (may need a new CPA)...I just moved my buy-and-hold rental ...

This is stuff I have written in the past... just posting it up...

OK. We have gone through buying and selling a home, but that is just the beginning. Now lets fill in the blanks on how a note is serviced, how to repo...

After screening prospective tenants and making a selection, am I obligated to let the applicants who did NOT get approved know why they didn't make it?  Not sure if it's best to "say nothing"....be vague....or tell th...