So I was going to buy a house to live in myself, I got approved for a conventional Mortgage but I never found anything I liked.  I've been looking into real estate investing for a awhile, am I able to use that approva...

I have noticed that a lot of rental units have furnace and hot water heaters in  the unit where the tenant pays all utilities,is this because it is cheaper in the long run to add the furnace and hot water heaters duri...

Some landlords have said thy allow tenants to fix properties when the tenant does damage. My lease states that the tenant can do this if it is done “promptly.” If they do not do it promptly I can go in and charge th...

Hello BP community! We recently bought a foreclosure and have inherited tenants. They have good rental history so we don't want to get rid of them. They do not have a lease with the old landlord but do have a security...

I wrote a pretty cool script that allows me to surface real estate buying opportunities based on pretty much any characteristic. For example: I wanted to know what homes in a given zip code could cover the cost of a m...

My tenant is requesting if they could have a pet, dog specifically in a condo situation that allows pets

Hi All, I've rented my 3 bed 2 bath condo in CA to 3 tenants. Two tenants share the tandem garage. Third tenant has no car. The master bed tenant with the car started using the garage as a storage place and also place...

My goal is to purchase a $3 million office building.  In my market, the cap rate seems to be around 4.5-5%, but lets just say 5% for easier math.  That means an NOI of $150,000.  For purposes of this discussion, lets ...

In now it has been asked a lot. What is a good site for researching the local rent payments say by zip code or other? Read that it may be wise to hunt for properties where you can stay above the local mean.

So I have a strange one. I have a tenant that moved out - his lease ends 07/31. He's paying the rent and his uncle in town is looking for a person to sublease. They found a prospective tenant that falls under the cred...