So, I received my first guest in my property, and they are staying for 70 nights. The day they checked in, I get a notification from my Google Nest Camera that my battery is at 5%. Their stay just started yesterday, s...

Good afternoon everyone, just wanted to take a minute to introduce myself to the community. My name is Bryan Strain, I am 31 years old and I am located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’m very interested in becoming a re...

So admittedly my lease was not specific enough as i made a rookie mistake and thought that this tenant who just got her PHD and was a scientist would have some common sense...Yes i know there is no excuse for a lease ...

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The story is that an elderly couple purchased and owned a number of multi-unit properties which they unfortunately purchased 4-5 years ago. They kept the properties going until 2012 when the husband p...

This is the first house where we are going to paint the exterior, and we need to pick a color. It is a flip, and we pretty much did a full renovation on the interior.

I hired a professional painter, but I need to pic...

We are looking for deals, but the question comes: should tenants pay for utilities: mainly electric & heating oil or would you have the expenses calculated in the monthly rent? We bounced this back an forth but ne...

Hello BP community! We’ve followed BiggerPockets for years and a few months ago I posted in the success story forum on how my husband and I went from complete real estate failure and debt to coming back and buying a ...

Hello BP!I've started posting all of my previous flips, now that I feel like I've completed enough to actually have some good original content. I hope that by sharing we can all learn, network and discuss this interes...

So I’m hoping to start buying properties to help with retirement/F I. I will be using the BRRRR strategy. I found a mentor! She’s only 31 and has 18 units mostly SFR. Her strategy is a little different than mine she’s...

So now that I am finally in and settled generating passive income in my first owner occupied property, now I seek wisdom.  What is the best investment of my money?  Pay off my mortgage? (My rate is only 3.25 after str...