My current lease for tenants is pretty basic. Covers the obvious things. I've lurked in these forums for quite some time and I've come across things where I think "Oh, we need that in the lease...and that...and damn w...

Greetings all. Ive been lurking around for quite sometime and finally joined.
I myself am a young investor who recently got into residential and commercial real estate on the side a year ago. Not only am I an investo...

Good afternoon BP community,I've been a sponge reading over this website for the last month and I'm in the beginning stages of coming up with a plan. I'm an active duty Marine and not in the states right now, but woul...

"Read a book!" is a pretty common tip for new comers getting into real estate investing. Here's a question, what books do you recommend and why? Which ones should be avoided, and why?

Here are some of my recent rea...

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I purchased my first flip house on Monday and as a new real estate investor, I would like to get some experienced rehabber's opinions on the threat of asbestos. I searched BP for asbestos-related forums b...

It seems that many landlords go to the unit to pick up rent. Is this to check on the property? Does anyone have the tenant just mail the rent?

Hi All: I am a new landlord in Alameda, CA. One of my units in a duplex, we had a couple come in, and tell us: "we know your ad said one small pet is negotiable, but we have one dog that is 50-65 lbs. Would you still ...

As profiled in an article on CNN Money (http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/30/real_estate/FHA-loans/index.htm), the FHA is actually taking initiative to make it MORE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN MORTGAGE LOANS. Even folks with perf...

I purchased a note in 2nd position several months ago. HELOC with original amount of $100,000 UPB of approx 75,000.  First is current with UPB of just over $100,000.  House seems to be worth $170,000+.  Homeowners cur...