how do you get your houses ready for rent/flip?

do you hire a company? we have been getting the houses ready for tenants by spending a lot of time cleaning outselves. frankly, i do not want to make my wife do it anym...

So I am 26 years old and really have very little experience with real estate. That being said, I am at a conflicted crossroad where I'm trying to decide if I want to just move out of my parents' house and just rent, o...

I got the inspection report for a turnkey property I am considering buying. There was one item listed in the 'Major Item' section. See language below along with pictures:"Horizontal cracking on East side of basement. ...

Family member just rented an apartment for $2500 mo...can't be bigger than 600 sq ft.  2-1.5.  with parking garage and 3 blocks to subway.  Heat is included in rent, although I doubt it costs all that much to heat suc...

So I am basically out of savings while I sit here in Orlando Florida waiting for a few months already trying to figure out my first move in real estate.I quit my job of 12 years in New York because of my dreams of bei...

Hey y’all! I’m a newbie who live just outside the Bay Area in Vacaville, and am looking to branch out. There’s a potential deal in Berkeley (a fourplex that needs reno) which I’m looking into. The numbers all look goo...

Just got this bad boy under contract.  Here is the deal, see if you like it or hate it.  I'll take all comers on this one.Property is on Gateway Drive in Albert Lea, MN, where I own 4 other properties.  It is a side b...

I apologize in advance that the pdf link is through a vendor but I am working on closing the year, month and a lot of other year end stuff and am super busy. Among other horrible things, this seems to require a 6 mont...

I have a tenant who had a stroke.  He went in a week before rent was due. Now rent is 15 days late. Not sure when or if he will able to return. A family member finally reached out to me last week and said they would t...

I bought several rental properties in 2004-5 before the bidding wars drove prices to the point that it didn't pencil to rent them out. At the time, agents told investors that you would make it back through an almost g...