I see how this rule can be useful, but I think it can't be a deal breaker.  One can make the argument that It is too conservative.  It may only apply to home run investments.  However, it may turn people off to nice i...

I just made an offer on a house with a thirty year old furnace as a turnkey hold and rent. Hot water heater is in a similar state although not quite as old.  Would you go ahead and replace now or wait for it to break?...

read an interesting article in business journal while I was at title company waiting to sell a prop.rush for permits in PDX last half of 2016 to beat the Inclusionary zoning rules.. IE 20 % or so of any new apartments...

I'm a buy and hold investor and I have a question about cash reserves. How much is enough?

We have 2 and soon to be 3 (closing on December 3) SFRs. One is rented now and the 2nd one should have a tenant in it...

Hello BP.

I'm looking for some advice and help. I have a tenet who I have not heard from in about 3 weeks. This tenant owes me now 2 months worth of rent. I've tried calling and texting this tenant but I have not re...

HI. i have a RE agent to list my rental house. we got an application and now i asked my agent to do a background and credit check. I asked him to use a tenant screening tool i saw online that . he told me that he only...

I own a property in Philadelphia and I am now planning to rent it out (I moved in with my fiancé). I have been searching google for HOURS trying to find out how to do this. I started an LLC and planned to transfer ...

I am having a landlord issue and would like landlord opinions .  We have had a great relationship before these past month of so. I was giving the option to move out and will be taking that option.  Background:- I have...

Hey Guys,

As part of DIY discussion, how do you manage your own property and why (or why not) you prefer (or do not prefer) property management professionals to handle it?

Do you use any property management softwa...

My wife and I are still reading and learning as much as we can before diving into our first REI experiment -- our situation is that I have some RSUs from my job coming in over the next few years that we'd like to re-i...