well for all you stat's folks Portland tops the list this go around.It is very robust market here.. as we tend to get the over flow from CA. and lag behind CA about 12 to 18 months... One of my new home projects I am ...

Buckle up. This is a long post addressing many myths around the current obsession with the "STR loophole." And the first of such myths is that it is a loophole. No, it is not. Loopholes are something UNintended. In co...

Hello all, I am interested in buy and hold strategies however I have zero experience in buying any type property. I am interested in getting my feet wet and I am trying to decided which course of action would make the...

I really buy into the whole building wealth through real estate philosophy, but I am not sure I have the personality to be a landlord. I worry about everything, the biggest being liability and being sued for some reas...

Any advice for new landlords are welcome! Thanks

6 years ago we got a $150k mortgage on a house. The loan was sold to a mega bank. Things were good until last year when a life threatening medical condition caused us to lose 1/2 our income. We fell behind on our mort...

Closing at the end of the month on my first rental property. It's a duplex and wondering if I should encourage tenants to set up payment online. Was looking at sparkrent.com, it is only $1 per unit/month.

Has...

This is totally out of my area of interest as it relates to RE right now but I had a couple of interesting experiences when looking for a rental property.  So I figured I'd throw it out here and see what everyone's ta...

I have a fourplex in Houston, TX and I live in SoCal.  I have been going back and forth in legal matters trying to renegotiate our lease rates with my tenants.  They are using it as an Airbnb Arbitrage, which is viola...

Hey BP Community!So here is the scenario:Our tenant informed us on Monday night that their oven wasn't working properly. My husband immediately went to the unit to check it out. He agreed with the tenant that the oven...