Hello BPers!  I am looking for a little bit of advice here.  I bought a house in Valdosta a couple years ago with a VA loan (no money down) and now it is time to move.  My plan when I bought it was to rent it out when...

I live in California which is probably not the greatest place to do real estate investments. Three thing all over the state is sky high in price.There's an experience I had. I work as an airport shuttle driver. I pick...

how do you determine the time cost or hassle a potential property will take? All of our spreadsheets analyze the financial portion but how do you choose what is the better option from a time standpoint? For example on...

Exciting things are happening in Grand Rapids with the medical development, and the GVSU college area.  Not to mention all our new breweries.  This town is hopping!!I have several success stories involving our investo...

Hello BP Community,I've been accused of short-term renting my unit (which I have not) and was fined $12,000. Furthermore, the building's bylaws have a 25% rental cap, and my unit is NOT approved, yet I informed them t...

Most real investors should not buy from realtors unless the realtor is an investor themselves and understand the business. Unfortunately, most seasoned realtors don’t even know how to calculate a cap rate. Even less a...

Are larger, more expensive homes hard to rent.I am concerned that anyone that would rent such a nice place could afford to purchase their own nice home, so finding a renter that would stay for a while, might be diffic...

We will be in the Pensacola/destin area soon. And were considering investing in a Condo or some kind of vacation rental. Anyone have success, or know anything about this type of rental? We live in Illinois, so we woul...

I am a young entrepreneur and I am thinking about starting a property management company here in the Charlotte Area. I have everything in place to kick this off early in 2017, licenses, insurance, web developer, and ...

Hello! We are looking at properties that already have tenants. I am wondering how that process works (lease, rules etc. that are already in place from previous owner). Do we write a new lease and have them sign? Do we...