Labor shortages and increasing material costs are increasing construction costs for fix-and-flip investors. To manage these rises, you can adopt a few key strategies to control expenses and maintain profitability:Accu...

I've been having this conversation lately with a lot of the owners I work with as well as those who self-manage. For a long time, the mindset for investors has been to get the highest rents possible on their units. Th...

My insurance (Farmers) accepted claim for flood damage. Kitchen had to be completely redone which took 2.5 months. I reduced rent to account for unusable kitchen. Tenants left after 1 month in the repairs after paying...

Hey BiggerPockets,I need advice because I received a letter from Mid-Atantic Appraisal Consultants INC. I purchased my parents 2 family home by assuming their mortgage last October.The letter states I can be overpayin...

Are local investors waiting on the sideline until some of the uncertainty associated with COVID subsides? 
Has anyone seen significant price reductions for properties left on market? If so, would you be comfortable ...

Working towards House hacking a 4 plex and self manage the building to gain experience Later on i will be forming a property management company to manage my buildings once i get to a larger scale that would require it...

Hello BP,I recently closed on my first buy and hold rental! It's an over/under duplex with a shared basement and is fully occupied.I have very quickly come across my first "issue" with the property. The shared basemen...

For those of you who own significant quantities of units, how do you handle scaling the business? I imagine once you own a significant number of properties it becomes a logistical issue for 1 or 2 people, and will req...

BP Community   I am researching how to handle my situation on my taxes. Background last year had some hail damage to one of my rental properties. PM looked at, called in estimator and said needed to repair / replace...

Hey guys, I got married this year and I’m trying to find my first real estate to buy. Because of the amount of standard deductions I will now get, I was thinking that taxes will be better if I get depreciation instea...