Hello all. I've been interested in real estate investing for about 5 years or so and have finally decided to jump in and be aggressive. I currently have two rentals and am searching for my third.  I've also got a smal...

You will be exempt from 1/4th of the gain up to the limits of the sec 121 exclusion assuming that all units are identical and your accountant set up the depreciation schedules with those equal allocations.2.

I give this to the house folks-UNplug the powered overhead door.

My experience is fairly limited to one location, but based on that 15 year is the max. 

Let me ask this;
For instance I own a home worth $300,000, and over a couple of years I pay down on loan and own $150,000 in equity, or 50%($150,000) let’s say I want to cash-out-refinance, and get like 80% of that $1...

We brought a SFR with a newly installed roof but there were leaking from first heavy rain. The roof company came to fix it for many times but still leaking and then we were told that is the sweating of duct piping. We...

At this point, I prefer to have deals closer to home (Chicago area) though I realize that may be limiting.

Call the HOA to see if they have reached their maximum rental limit before you buy. 

you can have 10 mortgages with fannie, the restrictions get a bit tighter on 5-10 but if you have strong underwriting should be no problem. many banks will limit how many they give you, but there are no shortage of banks.

I may have a credit card with a $10M limit...but it doesn’t cost me a dime until I use it.I hope this helped.Stephen