When moving a tenant in, it is easy to skimp with the move-in inspection check list (or "Property Condition Report", as we call it) yet it is a critical document. I'm looking to improve my process for getting this...

Hey BP! Hopefully everyone else isn't enjoying Labor Day wknd scrubbing nicotine off the walls!I'm working on my first investment property for a house hack. The house was previously smoked in. I'm scrubbing the walls ...

Just purchased my first SFH rental off-market. Needs extensive work but don't know true extent. I do know it needs P/B foundation repair, new tile, and plumbing updates. My question: is there a general order of doing ...

Hello BP!My husband and I are officially real estate investors.  After an abysmal failure earlier this year I thought we would never get up, dust ourselves off and try again.  Reading the forums and listening to the p...

I am in the process of closing on two properties. Current rent is well below market value due to seller having a lot of free and clear properties so any cash was a bonus for him.  It my understanding that he has never...

Should I be using the cap rate to analyze student rentals? Each property is different because they are usually converted houses. Some are one big house with 3-6 bedrooms. Others have been split into separate units wit...

Being completely new to Short Sales, I'm trying to find out if this is really what I perceive to be an opportunity. A Realtor has a listing where the sellers had to move for job reasons, they purchased another house ...

Is it normal to have the new investor buyer for contract put an earnest money deposit in escrow at closing agent or to cut me a check directly? Also is it ok to require them to use my closing agent?

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Does anyone give clients a gift or something nice to make their moving day easier/better?    Or instead of a gift, do you do anything nice like drop off coffee or anything like that?

Hi All,To all you expert STR rental arbitrage masters out here: how do you convince a landlord to AirBnB their property? What is your talk track? Thank you in advance :) Best,Gulliver