I have some class B properties. I've found that some potential tenants are sometimes hesitant to sign a year lease. How do you determine if you lease month to month vs 1yr? Thoughts?

Hello all! I have a question regarding construction bids. When the contractor that I hired signed the contract with me, he said that materials are to be covered by him, and all fixtures are to be covered by me. Now he...

Hi my name is Lavaud and i aspire to be a real estate investor (buying and holding). I have read a few books by now ( The millionaire's mind by T. Harv Eker, Think and Grow rich by Napoleon Hill, The Richest man in Ba...

Hello everyone, I have one single family home as a rental property that I purchased in March 2015.  It cash flows on a monthly basis pretty well and I was just wondering what I can do to maximize deductions on my 2015...

Hello everyone,My Name is Victor Torres and I am 31 years old. I was born in the beautiful island of Puerto Rico and raised in sunny Miami Beach, FL. I am a father to 2 beautiful daughters and am happily engaged to a ...

hello everybody, my name is Scott. Just signed up for biggerpockets to help gain valuable knowledge in the real estate and landlord topics. I don't know a whole lot about anything and I've been doing a lot of homework...

I hate to post about the cliché problem of a toilet not flushing at 2 AM, but I'm currently dealing with this problem with a particular property under management. They have received 3 emergency calls (and charged me a...

Hello BP family,I am a 45-year old mother of soon-to-be five.  My husband and I are planning to become financially stable and independent within five years through real estate investments, mainly house hacking and who...

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I am a newbie here from Houston, TX and would like to say hello as well as thank you to everyone who contributes to BP. Such an awesome place here, I am so glad I stumbled in this site.

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I had a more thorough walkthrough of a house I have under contract today. Because of groundwater ingression via the backyard (another issue altogether), tenants have had to pull up the laminate flooring, exposing ...