Picked up a four-plex for my first hold. It's pretty rough, C neighborhood at best. Two lower units wrecked, one vacant one occupied. Two upper units are perfect with great tenants.

So, tenants in unit 1 are selling...

I have questions about the process AFTER buying a property at a county foreclosure auction and how I should proceed.  I have an appointment with a local RE attorney next week but I thought I would ask the veterans he...

Well, its a done deal. Oregon just sent an ominous message to real estate investors. We are now the first state to incorporate mandatory statewide rent control with relocation fee's.What do you think this will do to t...

I just got back from the two day seminar in Houston, been wanting to go for years and after losing 17K on my last flip I decided it was time to pay the $750.00 and go. If you know nothing about real estate I'd say it'...

Hi all,
I think my question above is pretty direct.
I'm interested to buy my first rental property, and after doing a brief search I see that there are quite a number of places out-of-state (I live in NY state)  tha...

I have a General Contractor that gave me a bid. We agreed on an Independent Contractor's Agreement, and a Scope of Work. I certainly didn't tell him how much material to use but I stated what needed to be done.
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I volunteer with a local organization. They had a collapsed retaining wall on their property, as well as various drainage issues. I gathered bids for them, some were people I use, and some were various recommendations...

I recently bought a property, and had to evict the uncooperative tenant. During the eviction process, the tenant complained that she had recently paid for a new furnace (Forced Air Unit) and was angry that she was ge...

Hello BP Family!I have been researching for months now on the various ways to start investing in Real Estate. I asked the question in my last post regarding out of state investing and received a tremendous response wi...

We had some rain storms recently in the Seattle area, For the past few weeks. I almost wanted to email my tenants and ask them if there were any leaks, as the roof on my primary residence which is only 11 years old le...