I'm hoping to get the opinions of folks in the BP community on how best to use contingencies (inspection, appraisal) as negotiation levers. 1) Is there a circumstance where you wouldn't renegotiate price if an apprais...

Hi all, I was just browsing loopnet yesterday, and I happened upon this listing. http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/20460516/2309-Longv...What do you think of it? I am not sure how much work it needs exactly, and I believ...

If you've noticed things that you'll need to repair if they don't, do you alert them ahead of time so that they fix them or just in the final walkthrough? Do you deduct them from the deposit?My tenants have generally ...

I inherited a piece of property and am an out-of-state landlord using a property manager. The PM has allowed the tenants to break the rules of the lease in various ways. We are now coming to the end of the lease term ...

The house that we are considering buying has a wet crawl space.  It was built in the 1950’s.  Ranch.  No structural damage from the wet crawl space.   Is this a wise investment?  Would it be hard to re-sell?There were...

So a little background: My area has been a heavy industrial area for well over a 100 years. With facilities such as oil refineries, steel mills, smelters, chemical plants, and power plants. So it can be said that most...

Hi, has anyone used a flat rate listing service that syndicates the seller’s phone number directly to Zillow instead of the flat rate agent’s contact info? I want to get published on MLS but want to be sure unrepresen...

Hello Wisconsin investors.I just wanted to give a heads up on act 176. It was a recent law change for wisconsin investors. Specifically the criminal activities section. It fast tracks the eviction process for tenants ...

Hello, I inherited a home in a small town in Louisiana. Since I live out of state and there are no nearby managing companies, I decided to sell the home. I have had 6 people sign paperwork to buy the home over the las...

Our tenants’ lease just renewed in May for one more year. Just after it renewed, we found out that there are two unauthorized occupants, both with misdemeanors and additional pets. We asked one of the tenants to res...