Looking to buy a 3 bedroom townhome by the end of the year. My plan is to rent out two rooms (short or long term) and rent my bedroom out via Airbnb when I can. How do I best screen tenants to make sure I’m living wit...

Hello BP family, i have a couple of questions for you guys. Before i get to my questions, i'm going to let you know about my situation. Okay I'm 22yrs old and i've been wanting to get into real estate for about 3 year...

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I joined BiggerPockets to share my expertise in condominium management and property management. While my professional career has been in consumer credit underwriting and credit bure...

Hello!As the title suggests I'm looking for feedback on Rentvine from someone who has or does use it.  I have seen a lot of discussions on other PM software (Buildium, Propertyware, Property Manager, Appfolio, Yardi)....

Hello everyone, I'm new to real estate investing and have one duplex I own in St. Paul, MN. I'd like to expand and purchase more property. My focus is set on purchasing an apartment complex that has a minumun of five ...

I’m renting out one of my five units in a small apartment building. The one prospective tenant wants to pay for a full year of rent up front at once. It’s about $16,000 for the entire year. Sounds good to me initially...

Hello everybody!My Fiance and I were recently discussing possibly taking out a large personal loan to be able to purchase an investment property cash to try out the "BRRRR" strategy. We are just starting out so we don...

I have a PM because I am an out of state investor. My PM collects rent, book keeping, finds and screens tenants, etc. I’ve realized most of these things I can do myself. One thing that I might have difficulty with is ...

Certain property types can be more difficult to finance than others, one of the more difficult to secure financing for is multi family or mixed use properties above four residential units. We've seen a very strong upt...

I just received my first applications back along with their credit/criminal history. This will be my first time going through the screening process so any help would be appreciated. To start I used the Ultimate Guide ...