The applicant's son has a girlfriend fiancee with his baby. She & baby lives with her mother but might be spending weekends at my rental with her fiance. She will not be on the lease. Supposedly they are getting m...

Hello BP! One of my rentals is in a older, C+/B- neighborhood. The house next door was owner-occupied when we purchased. Our tenant is in year 2 of her 2-year lease, and she's been a dream.
House next door then beca...

I just purchased 6 single family home where 2 are occupied. They had a handshake deal, are behind on rents with previous owner and keep the homes a complete mess. How do I go about explaining the new rules ( No trash ...

BP offers a calculator to help determine whether a property is a "good" buy.  In situations wherein you don't have access to the calculator, can you apply the 1% rental rule for SFH to MFP?  What's the fastest way to ...

Hello all,
I am looking to buy my first rental property and just wanted to hear your thoughts. Should you invest in real estate while rates are high? Should you wait? Does the lower purchase price balance things out ...

Hey everyone,
In October of 2020 I bought my first duplex in the Central Maine area with the intention of living in one unit, renovate it to bring the rent to market value, and then move into the other unit with the ...

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Hey BPers,My gf is just getting started in RE Investing and wants to attend a few seminars. I live in LA and came across this one, has anyone heard of Alpine Premier Investments or been to one of their seminars? Any...

There is tremendous value in DIY upgrades. The majority of the expense on projects is labor, not materials. And good contractors are battling a shortage of labor and skilled labor. But you need to be honest with yours...

Happy Monday BP universe!I own a loft in downtown San Jose, CA and am currently evaluating the market and valuation of my loft. I have a tenant occupying the loft until his lease ends at the end of June. I'm consideri...