I am a first time homebuyer looking to house hack in Chicago and I have an almost 800 credit score, but I don't really have much saved up beyond my emergency fund for a down payment. I have a stable job that pays fair...

Hello BP!I have an international language school near one of my properties and am receiving student applicants who are also foreign nationals.  Any recommendations on how to setup the lease (directly with the students...

What tenant screening sites has everyone had luck with? I'm looking for a new service and was leaning towards myrental.com, has anyone had experience with them? Thanks in advance for the help.

CA SFH, tenants in the property for 2+ years. All seems great with the tenants as far as I know. No late payments or maintenance requests. My issue is with the Property Manager. Specifically 2 areas: 1. Ive asked mult...

Hello all. Glad to have found this community! I am from Sacramento, CA and I build CNC machines for a living making a modest wage, but do not see it as a permanent path to success. I am 21 years old and just purchased...

Would you (self managing owners) pay a reasonable fee for a service to market your rental property and screen applicants? One full months rent seems steep to have a traditional property manager place a tenant.

We run background and credit checks on our tenants. The first tenants that applied for a place we have for rent were section 8. We have developed a policy that we do not accept tenants:- with misdemeanors less than 8 ...

Who has 30 seconds for BP? We're working on some new features for Pro, so let us know what you'd value the most! Whether you're a Pro member or not, we'd love your input. Seriously, it's two questions, it will take 30...

Hi BP, This Portland market! Home prices are moving like crazy. Trying to catch a deal before rates hit 7%! My wife and I are searching for our second property in North Portland.  Our first was a 203K renovation purch...

So I am about to rent out my first investment property and I am thinking of managing the property myself. I have a potential tenant that is also one of the subcontractors that will be finishing the work on the propert...