I'm sure something like this has been covered before, but here goes...There was a plumbing issue with the main drain line. There was some gurgling when the sinks/tubs would drain.  That's obviously not normal.  I call...

I’m a first time landlord about to rent out 2 units in Oak Park, IL.
I was planning on using the lease agreement template available on Avail, but I have a custom amendment I need to add and I want to make sure it is ...

Hi all, 

I am just curious of everyone's opinion. I am not in the position to begin investing yet, but I am working on rental analyses until I have the capitol. With that being said, for the experienced investor, d...

Hi BP, I have noticed a lot of discussion on 2% rule here at BP. I am wondering if it's possible to get even 3%. Is there anyone getting 3%? I am curious to see if it's achievable. To be more precise, we are not talk...

I am looking into some options to handle tenant maintenance and especially emergency calls.  I have just over 100 units now and want to create a reliable and scale-able system for these calls (and emails and texts). ...

We have a drain field on 60 year old home that is "failing".  Everyone's solution is "get a new one" - wow..genius.  Anyway, any other ideas?  House for 60 years didn't have a drain field problem.  In advance, ANY ide...

In Virginia, the maximum deposit a landlord can take is two month rent. I have a lady recently went through a messy divorce with bad credit who is interested in my property. She told me upfront that she has bad credit...

I have a rental property that used to be our primary residence. We used a HELOC on that property for a down payment and some renovations ($285k) on our now current primary residence.Our rental property has a 2.99% rat...

Hi so we have one primary residence with about 400k equity and a rental property what about 300K equity. Each mortgage we have about 250k left on. I'm 50 years old and my wife is 44 and we have a 4-year-old. My wife w...

I just watched a video online of someone explaining why he would never flip a house. He basically said the reason is because if you flip a house it is considered ordinary income tax + self-employment tax which ends up...