Hey all,I'm going to head up to Sacramento this weekend to get a better grasp of the market. I've got the county mapped out and have highlighted areas that I know I want to visit and understand, but I wanted to get so...

Hello!  My name is Jennifer Clancy and this is my newbie story.  My husband and I became accidental landlords in August 2013, we had the opportunity to live in Australia and we took it.  We did not want to pay a mortg...

Live in Des Moines, Iowa and recently found a tenant with an extra dog on the property.  Inherited tenants with 3 dogs already on the lease.  We served a 7 day notice of breach of lease requesting the dog be removed. ...

So I received a call for help on this scenario.   Trying to figure out how it could work. Borrower faces foreclosure sale next week.  He needs $19,000 to bring his first position loan current.   He is living in the ho...

Greetings BP'ers. 
I'd like to get some opinions on this, to see what other landlords might do in this situation/current environment etc. 
I have a:
Self-managed, out-of-state, fully paid off rental. 
Area Market ...

Hey everyone,
Ive been a member here since about 2008 and am just now finally getting around to making my first post. I'm a police officer in South Florida and things have gone from bad to worse for us financially. Th...

Hello all, Just bought a condo last year as a personal residence in Chino Hills, CA.  I stumbled across some readings about HELOC's and how it helps pay the home mortgage down faster and paying less intrest.  On top o...

Here's one of my pet peeves......watching a House Hunters show right now and this couple doesn't like a perfectly beautiful house because of the paint colors in one of the bedrooms.......really?

Hey BP, I am currently considering a potential tenant with a poor credit score in Philadelphia. He was upfront with me about it when first viewing the property, and explained he does not currently have a credit card s...

When I  became a member on this site, I was looking for that key ingredient that allowed many of the investors to become landlords overnight.I researched every strategy, every problem that could possibly come up and c...