I just received the appraisal back on an investment property I'm purchasing that came in $5k low.  My purchase price is $140k and it appraised at $135k.  As I'm scouring the details of the appraisal I'm noticing diffe...

Ok so here's the deal. I'm in the process of purchasing my personal residence in Wilmington NC and decided to give the whole personal letter with a picture of my wife and I a shot. It worked perfectly. Even with multi...

Hi BP community!I've been lurking for a while and wanted to introduce myself. I currently live and have a 3 doors in CA but am looking to branch out due to the inability to cash flow anymore. I narrowed my search down...

Hi all!  I just got started on my real estate investing career this year!  I got a house and have been house-hacking with Air BnB, now is the time that I'm looking for doing the taxes with my W-2 and the Air BnB incom...

Does anyone cold call absentee owner? I have a list of absentee owners, but no money to send letters yet. So I was thinking just look up their numbers and call them, but i'm not sure exactly what to say.

A tenant caused water damage to my mid-level condo. The water went down to the lower units and caused water damage there. My insurance is covering her damages to my unit under a malicious mischief claim. The damage wa...

Hi everyone!My name is Lukas :) I am just trying to get a feel for how many people really use direct mail as part of their marketing. (and to what degree)If you use direct mail, please post approximately how much y...

Does anyone put their own house up for nightly rental, and when it rents, take a quick "staycation" and take profit and reinvest into their long term portfolio?  We decided to give it a try, just built a big beautiful...

Hi all!I've been dealing with a trespassing neighbor at my house hacked duplex over the past couple of weeks. Neighbor will come into front yard and stand outside my tenant's bedroom windows and just do random weird t...

Hey everyone, So our first month with our 10 plex we also kept the same property manager. We tried it for one month and it was a very hectic month. We can see she is not the right fit for us and we will be letting her...