In real estate the hardest part appears to be the beginning. The first deal, the first sale, buy, flip, hold, mistake, approval, and so forth.... As a beginner, I am learning that even though this game doesn't require...

Hi All, I'm curious what kind of property management fees everyone is getting. can you let me know 1) where you invest, 2) how many properties you have (and approximate combined gross rent if possible), 3) what your m...

I just finished cleaning out a property that was damaged because of pets.  Now I put a stiff penalty in the lease for bringing unauthorized animals on or into the property.  Tenants signed lease Feb 1st.  Now, 6 weeks...

We have a contract on our first deal as of today (see http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/1548... for details).Our original plan was to rent this out as a SFR.  But over the last 24 hours, I started wonderin...

Closed on a house from HUD on Monday. Learned today that when Bank of America foreclosed on the property they did not include the second parcel number in their paperwork. This trickles down to us only owning one of th...

Just thought I’d share some of my experiences with you all in the San Francisco market. The big, HUGE take-away that I’m getting from my experience over the last year and a half is that there is absolutely no money in...

Why Most Single Family Property Managers Suck and What We Can Do About ItAccording to the 2014 U.S. Census, 43 million Americans are renters (35%).  A large portion of these renters rent detached single family homes. ...