Hey all, I'm about to jump into real estate investment.  I would like some advice on what is a good beginning strategy. Let me lay out what I"m thinking.My goal is to buy 1-2 multi unit rental properties (5+ units) to...

Hey BP fam, got a quick question for y'all. I've been considering a STR in the Branson, MO area. (I grew up in that area).  I have come across several small condos as nightly rental. A few in particular are studio sty...

Hi BP community,Is anyone charging a non refundable cleaning fee at end of lease or taking one out of the deposit? I am thinking of writing one into my lease. That way at the end of the lease I can line someone up ahe...

I have owned a rental house for years and have never had a bug issue in the past, or with past tenants. But now I have a new set of tenants that moved in 7 months ago. They are now claiming that there are bed bugs in ...

I had a question regarding getting a FHA 203K rehab loan the property I am wanting to purchase was built around 1945 ( there is no Lead Paint ) as far as I can tell This is a distressed property , and needs around $2...

Greatings all. So my wife and I have started a small real estate investment company here in Minneapolis. Our intentions are to buy and old REOs, rehab, and then refinance. I was shocked to find out, while reading thro...

Has anyone had any positive results from financing properties to people that own short term rentals? If I financed a property I would want more than the market rent rate or why would I lose my asset and future appreci...

Hello everyone, I recently started looking into windows for my rental property. I need 20 windows all together. I used Homeadvisor to find a couple windows installers and they were both rather expensive. One crazy exp...

Hi BP,I’m a first time investor with a pending duplex that’s in contract, but the seller is dragging feet (months) to make required mold repairs in order for that deal to happen. So I’m looking into a second to keep t...

There have been quite a bit of posts on here about "house hacking" so I am curious to hear from those who have tried "office hacking"...Much of the financing for commercial investments has restrictions on owner occupa...