I normally forbid tenants from operating a business from a residential property. However, we have a house on 100 acres and a tenant that wants to breed high-end dogs. These are professional people, not a puppy mill, a...

Hi everyone,I just purchased a duplex in Grand Rapids, MI. The norm in the area for multifamily units is for tenants to pay all utilities except water. Because of this most duplexes have one water meter and the owner ...

Thanks in advance for any opinions on this deal: Single fam home in Kansas City, MO (outer residential neighborhood). 3 bed/2 bath, 1960s construction but recently rehabbed as a turnkey property. 105K, rents for 1150/...

Dear Bigger Pockets community,The Situation: I have contacted an out of town property owner in Pennsylvania who is willing to give the property away if I take on the back taxes. Even with a rehab the ARV would be low ...

I have an opportunity to purchase 7 mobile homes in my area (deep east Texas). This would be my first ever real estate purchase. I don't have a ton of specifics about the deal at the moment but I do know that the sell...

Hi All! My name is Johnny and I recently joined the Bigger Pockets site after weeks of listening to the BP Podcast! I'm originally from Cincinnati, OH and moved to Los Angeles about 5 years ago.  I had been working in...

Hey folks!I have just arrived back in the USA after nine years living in the UK. Because I hopped a plane just a couple days after high school graduation, I basically have no idea how to do adult life in the USA... so...

How much do you guys raise your rents annually? I have the opportunity to write a percentage increase into my lease. What's fair?

I’ve read the pros & cons for both of them, just wanted everyone else’s two cents on the topic.

Hey all, I’m under contract for a building lot in a AE Flood zone. I’m wondering how to structure my foundation. Should I do a raised foundation, engineered flood openings, or fill dirt and do a normal crawlspace. I’m...