Hi All,I own a 2-family, which is currently my only investment property and the first house I bought. I now have both sides as rentals and get great cash flow. So far everything has gone well with the exception of a f...

Purchased a 1 bedroom condo for $180,000 in late 2008. Current CMA value is $130,000. Reserves: Reserve fund was $16,000 in 2008, but NO reserves remaining. There have been no reserve studies.Financials: The condo c...

Hello fellow BP'ers,I am taking a year to prepare and study (a request from my wife) before entering into the REI world. My question: how do you stay motivated to continue fighting the fight to keep investing, flippli...

The neighbor of one of my rental properties has about a dozen cats.  Evidently, with that many cats, litter boxes are not practical, so unfortunately, these cats get kicked outside to their "business".  As it turns ou...

Walkaways are going to continue to grow. It's going to be an interesting year. Lenders will have to quit fighting investors and welcome them with open arms or there is going to be alot more carnage before this thing b...

Hello BP'ers,Today, another monthly inflation report came out, the nations December CPI.  Consumer Price Index.  Headline (total) inflation was negative, -0.1% M/M, which is a great thing to see.  Mostly driven down b...

Hi, I put a claim on old cast iron pipes that went bad with the insurance company on a rental property and my claim was denied. I have need told by the insurance agent that I can request a mediation, to see if we coul...

I believe this took place in Australia. The rumor is that Casey the bigger kid got suspend for 4 days for defending himself. The bully supposedly got suspend for a month and his parents are now suing Casey's parents f...

Hello BP, I am actually making this post from the tenant perspective. We had our property manager send out someone to fix our sink trash disposal and for some reason they are trying to charge us for this. Does this se...

Thank you for adding me to your group! 
We are a retired couple, empty nesters, living in New Jersey. In February 2023 we received an outrageously large quarterly water and sewer bill from our municipal water utilit...