So to start off my first success story on BP I need to send a couple of key shout outs.  First I need to say thank you to Josh Dorkin and Brandon Turner of BP.  Without this community I would not have found this deal!...

I have a duplex in upstate NY, renting out the upper and living in the lower. We have minimum qualification standards in place and let everyone interested know about them. I know we cannot tell people not to apply for...

Hey guys,Is anyone noticing a huge uptick in the amount of people applying for apartments who have service and emotional support animals?  In just the last 3 months, I swear 7/10 people have had one of the two.  I eve...

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My husband and I had the tenant from hell in our single family home. We also hired a management company to manage the property. (Our first time as landlords, we outsourced to make sure we did everything...

Well, this could definitely be a market mover around my neck of the woods and across the country. Facebook will permanently shift up to half of its employees to remote work.Will people choose to live in the Bay Area i...

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So I'm reading through the ABCs of Real Eastate and am in chapter seven "Is It Really a Diamond?".  I wanted to ask a question on the numbers people use when evaluating vacancy to get projected income...

We had a showing at one of our C class properties yesterday, and a propsective tenant came in with a boyfriend. She submitted an application (incomplete, and that in itself is a red flag, short rental and employment h...

Accepted an applicant and received a non-refundable Holding Interest Deposit for my rental. I asked if he would consider a two years lease and he said he would after he inspect the maintenance repairs. He did an inter...

Hi there,I have a tenant with two pitbulls.  The tenant was in the building when I bought it (I've owned the building for 2 months) and he claims to have an insurance policy covering them.My insurance company is sayin...

Top ten reasons you will lose money on your first BRRRR. This list has been pulled directly from the school of hard knocksGenerally speaking and based on NY building code1. You think the cheapest house has the most m...