Recently I picked up a "Power Plunger" (Item#99644) for $5.95 on sale and a 25' drain cleaner (Item#66262) on sale for $11.99 at Harbor Freight.  These two items were recommended to me by another investor as good to h...

Is is a big safety hazard to plug a 5000 BTU air conditioner into a heavy duty 6 ft or 12 ft extension cord and then plug that extension cord into the wall?  I know the manufacturers do not recommend this, but I was w...

This is horrifically off topic from Real Estate but I was curious as to who else was participating in "No Shave November".

Here is my lovely pic at Day 13 and it's driving me CRAZY!

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Here is my latest rehab. One of my real estate agents called me out of the blue one day and said she had a property I might be interested in buying. I was out looking at properties 60 miles away from Killeen but I mad...

Hello BP'ers,We currently have 6 rental properties that we have purchased over the past couple of years.  Back in the spring, we decided to try our hand at flip/flip since we had experience fixing up rentals.  Mailing...

I have an off-investment topic question.  Anyone have a really good amenities suppliers, e.g., hotel/motel shampoo, soap, conditioner, snacks, etc supplier?  I'm finding some on Google but always looking for recommend...

Here’s the situation. House was vacant for 2 months without the air conditioner or heater from mid February through mid April. That was a mistake. Should have had the ac and heater running but didn’t expect it to be v...

Follow along with me here.  You owe it to yourself.  I was tipped off by this from a client that we took over today.  
I went to VACASA.com and booked this cabin for January 11-14.  The nightly rate is $127.  The tot...

I' m planning on renovating a 2x 2/1 duplex (ca 1500 sqf total). Current electricity supply is 100Amps for each unit. My GC claims this is plenty of power since hot water and furnace both run on natural gas. I w...

Hi BP. I’m looking at several great duplexes and one thing that seems to be a sure thing. They all have window units. I know it’s probably the only thing that makes sense from a tenant billing perspective. Look forw...