For everyone who has ever had or given an evaluation - just remember, it could have been worse. These are actual quotes taken from Federal Government employee performance evaluations.

1. "Since my last report, th...

I have a great employee, who is a hard worker and very attentive to details and or codes, which makes having him on staff frustrating but good. I feel as he has lost his drive/desire to work on real estate, he is take...

I recently saw an article on Bloomberg that talks about the re-emergence of the "employer-landlord" model. I'm just curious about the community's thoughts - some initial questions in my head: With rents increasing and...

I've seen it mentioned on some posts that lenders like to see that people pay income taxes. What do they look for with conventional owner-occupied mortgages? This is conflicting because we try to write off every dolla...

I was researching businesses for sale in my area and wanted to find out can I purchase an existing retail business that has existing emplyees?

Hi,I just started selling off my rentals, and in doing so I have to employ a team of workers to fix up the houses, nothing crazy, but people are working on ladders and occasionally using saws. My question is what type...

Hello!  I am close to putting a gas station / convenience store / liquor store under contract.  $8M asking price, $3M to business, $5M to the real estate.  The sellers are requesting what I consider an unusually short...

I have a house for rent in Colorado. Today I heard from a lady who works for a small company in Kansas and is "scouting" for herself and about eight families who will be moving from Kansas when the company moves its h...

Hey BP community, I have a question for you. I received a lead today and the seller owns a mixed use building. The second floor is a 1 bedroom apartment that rents for $1,150/mo. The owner works his business out of th...

Hey guys! I own a property management company and also a moderate size portfolio that we self-manage. Some of my employees are starting to get reimbursement costs to go through the roof as we extend our property manag...