Hey BP, I’m about to find myself with a lot of free time and thought it would be a good idea to knock out one of the projects in a home I recently purchased. We are tearing these wooden boards off from the bottom half...

I keep reading news about how in a lot of cities, people are moving further out to lower costs since they can WFH. Furthermore, since Austin just defunded the police, what are everyone's thoughts about how safe it wil...

I have some questions:
I recently bought a 5 bedroom 3 bath house. I plan to househack it and I have some general questions.
1)  Should I rent the whole house as a 4 bed 2 bath or by rooms individually?  If I rent b...

I'm an active duty Air Force member moving to Hawaii in a couple of months and wanted to see if anyone has any tips for buy and hold.  I will be working at JB Hickam/Pearl Harbor and my wife will be working at Wheeler...

Good evening! I have a long term tenant (going on 10 yrs and the rent is way below market rates). Tenant lease is up in 60 days so I sent the renewal and or option to vacate with only a $45 rent increase (I know I sho...

Hello all,
So I'm about to rehab a duplex that I recently bought and am considering my options. I'm an out-of-state investor and so managing the rehab and contractors myself would be a little tricky.
Instead, I'm ...

I'd really like to seek the guidance of some more veteran BP'ers on a situation my wife and I are in.Last year, we moved into a home under a purchase and sale agreement with a significant down payment/earnest money th...

Hi all. I can't be the first to have this idea, but I can't honestly say I've heard anyone else doing something similar. I have what might be a great opportunity to purchase a home off market to make it a short term r...

Hello All.  I was directed to this site by the owner of a national real estate advertising firm that caters to military families.  What a great site--tons of information.  I will try to be brief but informative here. ...

My hometown of Redding CA is burning. So far 884 homes completely destroyed, and 170+ damaged. 30,000 people have been evacuated (including some of my family) an 110,000 acres burned. The good news is that the communi...