Erin T.
Coverting to Legal ADU - NELA
Hello BP commmunity! My family and I live in NELA (Highland Park/Eagle Rock) and have an illegal ADU in our backyard (studio, approx 400SQFT, bathroom, no kitchen). We don't now exactly when it was built but it's prob...
Ashly B.
First rental rehab - before and afters!
Purchased 4 plex June 2015. All units were rented but we had 2 open up at the end of July so we were able to dive in on renovations. Just finished our rehab of the first unit. Work done includes refinishing hardwood f...
Naga A.
Rats in Garage, Estimate $900!
I own a SFR out of state. My property manager has contacted me that a tenant complains that numerous rats and a lot of rats poops have been seen at garage.
The estimate for taking care of such problem came back with ...
Christopher B.
Just need to vent.. sellers destroyed house
There's not much to this post except I'm frustrated with a good deal going bad because a seller breached their contract and just wanted to vent a little. Earlier this week I put a house under contract. 2700sf 3/2.5 wi...
Dallas Kidd
Let's talk mistakes, what is your biggest? I will tell you mine.
For me the bad mistakes cost the most money. And I am a contractor So I am going to go with a home we remodeled and the plumber rerouted one of the drains and never tied it into the main under the basement slab . So n...
Nicholas Giordano
2-family in NY, does this sound like a good deal ?
Hey guys, so I found a 2-family home in southern NY about an hour and a half from NYC. The home is listed for 375,000 but I'm sure I can offer at least 25,000 less and succeed.. I got most of the details needed to eva...
Sean C.
Success in Pre-Foreclosure Niche?
Hello BP,I know in today's market pre-foreclosure niche is waaaay saturated (Bay Area Market). I've heard from a podcast somewhere that an owner in pre-foreclosure had over 30 letters from investors in ONE WEEK. I'm l...
Ben Kirchner
Hire a CPA for my 2017 taxes?
I've always filed my own taxes, with TurboTax. Given the simplicity of my income sources and lack of deductions, this was an easy and less expensive way to handle it. I now have 2 investment properties that I purcha...
Michael Ghim
Recs for business checking accounts and credit cards - can you have too many?
What do most do in terms of keeping rental business out of personal finances? My eventual plan is to scale - do most have a single financial LLC with its own checking account and each rental LLC finances go through th...
Account Closed
Technical problem with site - why does BP bog down my computer?
Okay, I thought it was maybe in my mind. But, I've tried accessing BP with different browsers, and when my computer was cold and fresh, and it's just slowwww! I thought it was because I had too much stuff opened at ...