I currently own a duplex in Grand Rapids near downtown GVSU.  I am interested in adding a bedroom in the attic to get more rental income and I am having a hard time finding requirements for it to all be legal.  The du...

Does anyone know how to easily and quickly take a picture and add text to it?

I want to take avatar pics from here on BP and put the members twitter accounts in the pic and put it in a cool slide show video program I...

Hi, I'm working on closing my first property for buy and hold. I'm not too sure what I should look for when it comes to insurance. I've attached an image of the details of one quote that I received. Please advise on i...

It might just be me but I'm very leery in trusting people... especially if I've only every interacted with them online.  This might be due to my current career in IT as we are trained to not trust ANYTHING online.  Ho...

We have redesigned our Profile Page!Our new look is SO MUCH cleaner, SO MUCH easier to edit and shares SO MUCH MORE information about you, and what you're doing on the site. Now you can edit each section of your profi...

Hello BP Community - seeking some advice as I am screening tenants for a property of mine in Dallas. On paper, they look like they would be a great fit (credit score is above 600, paystubs verify 3x rent, bank stateme...

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Hey all,I'm curious how the pandemic is affecting your rental portfolios - whether positively or negatively. I'm currently only room-hacking a SFH in Riverside, so my tenants are also people I've developed a strong fr...

Hello, I need some recommendations on what to do with the landscaping for the area between the sidewalk and street of a new rental I'm acquiring in Salt Lake City, SLC, Utah, UT. The area is not set up with water and ...

As I am getting ready to do my taxes this year I started thinking about the depreciation for my rental property. I know the standard is to depreciate the rental property over 27.5 years but since I don't plan on ownin...