Hello BP community. My name is Spencer and I officially became a landlord in the Southwest Chicago Suburbs as of a month ago. My business partner and I just closed on a Duplex in the West Joliet area.I haven't been ve...

I am screening a tenant who is more than 40 years old. She passes criminal and eviction checks, but not credit check. My minimum FICO score is 621. The service I use just tells me whether she passes or not - nothing m...

Tenant called and said the oven part of the range won't turn off...had a repair company look at it and they quoted me $480 to fix it because it needs a new control board..which apparently is $280 PLUS labor Long story...

Hi all!After becoming an accidental landlord years ago, I figured it was time to really learn about real estate investing. After several google searches, many of the results were from this BP site. I was literally ove...

Hey everyone, In my quest to learn everything before buying my first property I am staring up at this large topic of being a landlord and all of the responsibilities that come with it. My wife and I are currently work...

So I am currently reviewing a deal that "seems" to fit my criteria. However, I've never evaluated a deal on my own and it's easy to miss things.
I dont know what I dont know. My questions to the bigger pockets communi...

Hey all, So my wife and I bought a house in Chattanooga in May 2016 for $191k and still owe $186k. Have put a lot of work into it, new flooring and paint throughout, got rid of the popcorn ceiling and did the flat pai...

I am trying to use SmartMove through BP. I have sent 15 email requests for people that have seen and liked the property. Not one prospect has applied in two weeks. I don't want to trash BP or the service. I wonder...

Hey BP,  I have a rental property in South Carolina that has had the HVAC package unit stolen three times in the past 8 years, always when the property is vacant.  The property is an A- class property, but unfortunate...

In the late 2000s, the housing market stalled. You had a lot of people buying. When all the cheap money goes away and the interest rates start going up, you have less people buying homes. So now what that did by incre...