What have been your hardest lessons learned in short term rentals? I'd be curious to hear the experiences that others have had. I'd say my hardest lesson learned is overestimating how quickly a new property will reach...

I need some help on this issue ASAP please!!!

I have a vacant property, newly renovated, which has been broken into a few times in just a couple of weeks. I need recommendations for security measures and things to h...

I see some investors on BP really focus on initial cash flow and when running a business this makes total sense. As a business experiment, I recently rented out a car I bought ( $3500 all in ) with a service like airb...

Providing lots of detail below, but the TL:DR - water usage 15 times the usual bill. No leaks found anywhere (including running toilets) and unsure how they would go through this much water accidently. How would you s...

I bought my first investment property last Dec. My goal was to have the rehab done by May at the latest. Due to the financials I wasn't able to get it on the market until late July. It has been under contract three ti...

We are looking into buying our first duplex/triplex in San Diego, CA with an FHA loan (3.5% down payment). We would like to live in one unit and rent out the other unit. I have used the bigger pockets calculator to fi...

Schlage EncodeI mentioned this lock a couple of times in the past week just wanted to update. I put this on my primary to replace a dead cheap-o kwickset (the $69 model).
First impression was.... KICK BUTT. No hub. N...

My CPA is telling me that I cannot use the sum of all my rental properties losses grouped together as one large loss to offset capital gains of the sale of 2 of those properties. He is saying that I can on only use th...

I did something this week that caused me to reflect a bit on where I started and how far I've come. It was a fun realization so I thought I'd share it here.I purchased my first real rental 11 years ago off the MLS for...