Hello Everyone,I've got a deal in progress on a 19 unit apartment building, the seller seems to waffle back and forth between wanting to sell and not but has indicated a desire for owner financing. This is great, in m...

I have been a landlord since 2008, but some items never come up. Here is the question, a tenant sends me December rent and gets to me on the 5th via first class mail. Along with the rent they have a written notice tel...

Hello BP,  I am happy to say that I finally have an accepted offer on my first rental property purchase.  This property will not conform to most of the rules out there in BP, however I feel it works for me and my situ...

Anybody ever have a deal where, een now you look back on it and think, "Wow. I still can't believe I got that deal. That was killer!"

If so, did you realize it at the time? What made the deal so great?

Hello again!As a new landlord, I am trying to figure out the "best" option for my tenants to pay rent each month. I have looked around BP and read some articles and have a few ideas for a system I would actually use.....

Sobering assessment from the annual report by the Taxpayer Advocate Service (a semi-independent branch of the IRS basically tasked with specific and systemic problem resolution):- 10-month refund delays on paper-filed...

 Looking for some insight on a few things before starting construction on my first rental property! Area is not a high end area by any means, all units don’t have laundry as well as no centralized air. Trying to add v...

I have a tenant that is using 50 - 600 gallons of water per day.  Their fixtures leak occasionally I bought the place with cheap stuff installed.  The toilets always leak.  My question is, what are the most bomb proof...

Hello BP,I am interested in switching my 401K over to a self-directed IRA. Does anyone on BP know how this process works? 

If you've been paying attention over the last week, you've noticed that gold has forged ahead to new levels.

I was wondering what other people think--is this just gold continuing on it's upward (but sometimes halting...