Every week, several people start threads asking how to get started or which market they should choose.  A year ago, I started asking the same questions and have a brief summary of what I think a new investor should do...

God only asks for 10% of your income.....

The neighbor above me has been stomping over my head very early in the morning 5am and after "quiet hours" late at night well after midnight. She slams doors, she "drops" things which shake my apartment ceiling. I hav...

Hello, ***I want to acknowledge ahead of time that I did not screen well enough and that I made a HUGE mistake in my tenant selection***I finished my FIRST EVER rehab in a pretty solid Milwaukee area probably B-/C+, a...

So I had a windfall and can sort of "semi retire" with a part time low stress job. Part of me is considering buying more real estate though. I like the idea of being involved with and affecting the world. But the othe...

So what would you do?I purchased a value-add, 4 unit in Columbus Ohio last year. The building was completely occupied with rents way below market. A few months after buying the property we submetered all the utilities...

So I'm fairly new to investing as far as getting on wholesaler lists as a buyer. But I'm finding that NONE of them seem to really have any decent deals and they all seem to be taking a whole lot more than a $10,000-$1...

I'm renting out my townhome for section 8 for the first time.When the previous (non-section 8) tenant occupied, I received a fine for a tall grass violation (the tenant did not own a lawn mower and I did not hire enou...

We rent, we live in a nice condo complex from the 70's.  Most units have been nicely updated, new weather efficient windows, doors, carpet, paint, updated bathrooms and kitchen, etc.  Not ours... our unit has never be...