Hi all! I've been lurking around BP for a few months now and I'm learning a ton from the forums and podcasts. I thought I'd formally introduce myself and start networking with people in the community.

I have been li...

I'm looking for a little advice here.  I recently purchased my 2nd rental property, this one is in Durham, NC.  I've shown the property to about 8 people over the past 2 weeks, but the only couple interested in puttin...

They are at best the most incompetent brokerage with which I’ve ever worked.   They’ve taken payments for premiums and not bound the policies, and let the policies lapse without my knowledge.  They do not communicate ...

I have made an offer on a property in the Belair-Edison area of Baltimore, which I will rent once closed. A couple things I need the communities help with. I am planning to use a listing agent to market the property t...

I got out a year ago, but I'm already refinancing my own house into my name, I inherited my mother's house. My long term goal of next year is to buy a 4 Plex with a VA home loan. Now discovering VA rules on buying a 4...

I am relocating to Charlotte next spring and purchasing my first owner-occupied rental. I will be purchasing a 3BR and renting out the other 2 rooms. What I'd like to know is what are some effective ways to vet my ten...

Hi everyone. I joined BP a little over a week ago and have been posting some and reading lots since then. But I figured I should formally introduce myself.

I live in Fairfax County VA (just outside of DC). I am no...

Hello BP,
I've been dealing with a massive headache for the past 10 days and I'd like to get some of you guys' opinion about thermostats in rental properties and how you do it.Obviously, our number #1 priority as lan...

I have an LLC already, for a separate, future venture, and my wife has a DBA for her teething jewelery business under our LLC. We're about to move out of our primary residence and use it as a rental. I plan on continu...

I've been doing a lot of research on rental property tax accounting the past few days and am amazed (frustrated) at how many different answers I'm finding. For example:

1. Pre-rental expenses. On the one ha...