Fence is entirely within my property per a survey that I did.In 2023, I did some landscaping work and replaced the front part of the side fence (and paid 100% for the replacement).

We’d love to just keep this home as our first rental property but feel stuck with the high monthly payment due to the 15yr mortgage and the home needing some renovations in the next few years. 

@Lily WangRental arbitrage involves renting a property at a lower rate and subletting it on short-term platforms like Airbnb or VRBO.

What Chicago neighborhood is the property in? 

As we have witnessed in the past, specifically the years of 2020-2022, when rates dropped, everyone jumps in to buy a house, which drives up competition, which in turn makes housing prices go WAY UP to the point that people OVERBID on properties.

The reason I am interested in this is because I don't have a ton of cash to put down but I want to acquire more properties even if it means paying a little bit of a higher rate and/or price. 

Hello everyone, in my first 90 days, I took the challenge and found my first investment property with incoming producing tenants.

Hi folks, this has been all over the news and social media so I hope it's not a surprise to anyone but I just wanted to cover all the bases.Due to legislation spearheaded by the RI attorney general earlier this year, there is a new RI rental registry in place that requires all rental unit owners (even short term rentals) to register every rental property and rental unit in the state of RI, by October 1, 2024.The website is www.rentalregistry.ri.gov and you will also need to upload a current lead certificate ("Certificate of Lead Conformance") for each rental unit.The demand is so high that lead inspectors are currently booked out into November and December, so I hope you already have lead paint certs for all your units.

My question is if i should use a HELOC on my primary home and using that as down-payment for investment properties?

How have you handled similar situations in your rental properties?