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...

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...

... And, has their movers literally pile boxes to eye level over every square inch of the 600sqft unit, save for a 12" path from bedroom to bathroom to kitchen.  Fish tanks, boxes of stuff, things they bought and inte...

I showed my new duplex to a couple today, they indicated that they might want to rent both units. This seems like it might not be advisable in case they stop paying rent. The whole purpose of buying a duplex was in...

My first tenant ever moved in November, 2020. I set up the lease electronically and rent on autopay.
Error#1: on the first draft for rent and deposit it didn’t go through, came back as NSF three times. Finally the te...

I'm taking a cursory look at a Boat and RV storage facility. So far all the numbers look fine and I'm wading through the due diligence process to get some hard data. The only thing I am concerned about is the distance...

Hi Everyone - Just thought I would share an experience that I just had on my own. I didn't have a model of due diligence with my latest effort.  All I had was my assumptions, and however you want to break up that word...