What percentage of my rehab budget should be set aside as a cushion. Right now the renovation budget is at 45k and we haven't opened any walls, looked at the roof or the furnace. We know we want to update the kitchen,...

There are three issues around water utilities work that don't make that much sense to me. These issues are likely to get much worse due to the lack of investment of in water infrastructure and climate change in the co...

Hi my fellow BP community!

I originally joined BP, thinking that my strategy would be to invest in out-of-state MFU for cash flow (i.e. Ohio market) as entry-level in my market of Los Angeles was too unattainable w...

I'm just beginning to get involved in real estate investing in the Indianapolis, IN area and am struggling to evaluate properties that come onto the market. Through my research, I've pulled together a few rough target...

I want to buy a 2 bedroom house in the bay area and live in one room while renting the other room out. However, the volatility of the housing market makes me very concerned that I am buying at the wrong time. On one s...

I am working on a rehab right now, and I just received a letter from a law office stating that their client was injured on my property by a "piece of wood which was unsecured" when it "fell and struck her on the head....

Hello BP!I'm coming to you all for help, but first - let me introduce myself. My name is Rob, I'm a marketing grad born, raised and now investing in the suburbs of Philadelphia. In my Junior year at Eastern University...

Hi Everyone,We are looking at investing in a Joshua Tree CA SF and renting it out as a vacation rental. We live quite a ways away  in North Idaho. Does anyone have any experience with the area and/or suggestions for a...

Hi all - we have an ADU in our single family home and have been including the cost of utilities in the ADU rent. We recently started charging our tenants a $100 flat rate to help cover some of our soaring utility cost...

I am wondering what input everyone had on ADU's. What are the benefits? Complications? How would utilities work for this? I want to hear it all...