My previous tenant left with unpaid rents(6 months) 8k and damages about 9k. I ended up not repairing the damages and sold it for less than it would have been if damages weren't so bad. Now the debt collectors can't f...

Has anyone ever had the HOA on their rental unit suddenly change the bylaws restricting leasing of their unit? I am just wondering how often this happens and what strategy folks have used to save their investment prop...

I have a high quality problem and am interested in some feedback from the BP community.We bought an REO several months ago and just go the former owner out this week.  The house is full of junk (typical FC) but other ...

I'm looking for your comments about weather to buy into a community (12 houses or 30 homes) that are part of a HOA community.  In talking to several property owners there appears to be a lot of bickering about many de...

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong here. Things have gone well with my first rental. I've moved out, stabilized it with two sets of great tenants, got a great new insurance policy, and the property seems to have ...

I have been approached by 2 people, whom I know very well, about partnering in their local rental real estate business. They have grown this over the past 15 years and have approximately 50 houses (single family 3/2 p...

There's a letter from 45 Congress members to HUD stating concerns about recent sales of notes to the big players. The letter states concerns that "speculators" don't put neighborhood stabilization at the top of the th...

I am a working mother/wife and I am just getting started in the real estate market. I am looking to do this part time but hopefully be successful enough to do this solely and be able to spend more time at home with my...

I'm looking out of state to purchase buy-and-hold small multi-family. Yesterday I had a call with a realtor in Austin, TX. She deals mainly with investors, and focuses on multi-family. So that's great, just what I nee...

I have a couple concerns about single vs multiple LLCs: Is it normally better to put each rental in a separate LLC? This would cause extra bank accounts, filing costs and accounting fees each year; is it worth doing t...