Hey BP,I'm considering buying a property to first owner-occupy, and later rent out in the Bay Area. I'm looking to accomplish a few things:1) Take full advantage of Prop 13, by buying a fixer at a low price and lockin...

A tenant is interested in buying the house he is renting from me via Land Contract. I have not done this before and would like some opinions on what to look for and how to set up the payment?

I am curious what commo...

how different is it from residential? 

I am hoping for some advice from a seasoned group of people. I am currently looking at acquiring my first property. This is an off market duplex that I found while walking around an area I was interested in. I was abl...

Is anyone else experiencing slow bookings? I am in 3 different vacation heavy markets and my April & May calendars are at about 25% occupancy.

Hello everyone,  I have been searching for a duplex in Philadelphia, PA. for the past 4-5 months. My plan is to purchase w/ an FHA loan (will use 203k if needed), occupy one unit and rent out the other. I haven’t been...

I have a two family and just rented out the upstairs to a couple with two young kids.  The husband has excellent references and has been paying the rent on time.  They want to live there long term and he has even done...

Hi all,I have a prospective tenant (a couple) that are both self-employed. Both parties (unmarried) gave me a copy of their experian report: 738 and 698, which is a good enough score, but I didn't pull the reports. Ho...

Is everyone else finding that loan officers are completely unresponsive and unprofessional? I own 8 SFRs, and am looking to refinance several of them either to pull out some equity or to lower interest rates. These ar...

Tenant text me last week Thursday saying they are moving out on April 30th.  They sent a text message stating that there are plumbing issues with drains not draining (first time they have ever told me about these issu...