My 9-5 job also involves significant interaction with a couple of the major commercial real estate players, Colliers International, Kidder Mathews, and CBRE.

Just check your state landlord tenant regulations for the legality it should be clear.Get your landlord pants on and get managing your property by first sitting down and studying your state legislation.

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Recently passed legislation in North Carolina doesn't sit well with many of the types of companies which are based in the Raleigh area (source cnn money "...Cooper spoke as more than 80 CEOs and executives co-signed a letter to North Carolina's governor pushing for a repeal of a "deeply discriminatory" bathroom law...").Does anyone have any opinions on how this may play out?  

Seattle Daily Journal of CommercePuget Sound Business JournalSeattle Times Business section is usually worth scanning.For commercial real estate overviews, I have regular contact due to my W-2 with CBRE, Kidder Mathews, and Colliers International.

I am currently reading What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Cash Flow by Frank Gallinelli. I just finished Chapter 5: Measuring the Return on a Real Estate Investment and yes my brain hurts, but in a gr...

They do background checks for $15 and also have an internal check with information shared among the members throughout the years.

I'm from the UK and a lot of people here seem to think that investing in real estate here would be a bad idea, especially doing the kind of thing I want to do in the future -buying and renting out each room to either international or local students.

I don't know if they will consider your foreign owned property as leverage but I remember the documentation stating something about using your 'international credit history' based on your global finances.

For instance, commercial apartment investors may look for Cap Rate and IRR (Internal Rate of Return), whereas a multifamily residential investor may want to know ROI and Cash-on-Cash return.