My husband and I have a large backyard and have thought about building a legal ADU to rent out (or even live in while renting our main house, though that's less likely). We have comfortable in buying single family hom...

I've lurked around here quite often for good while now. It's time for an actual post.A partner and I own a fourplex together 50/50 and I'm thinking that I'd like to cash out and go on my own now that I would have the ...

My wife and I have been extremely blessed over the years. We recently have received substantial inheritance. We plan on consulting our financial advisor as well well but looking for brainstorming here also. Currently ...

When you rent out a place how much do you require your security deposit to be? 1 month's rent, $1,000, $500 etc? What about requiring last month's rent and first month's rent? I was thinking of asking for security dep...

Hello, a couple of friends and I are looking to invest in our first rental property in Texas. We are currently living in California. We are debating between Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, but also open to other citi...

Hi BP,

I'm looking for a cheap video surveillance option to keep an eye on my rental property. This was a request of a tenant who had her vehicle stolen from the driveway, and something I want to do to ensure my ten...

I have a tenant wanting to move-in, but wants to give a 30-day notice to his current LL. While I realize this is a good thing, the property is vacant and this candidate is borderline (though is the best so far), as it...

Bare with me, I'm about 1 week into reading about SDIRA.
Seems to me it's not a great way to buy real estate for buy/hold, however it does appear to be a nice way to be a private money lender.

I can see ...

I'm about 6 months out from having my house ready to rent. I live right next door and will be repainting, replacing flooring and doing some minor modifications.

My home will be a short term min 2 night stay max 1 mo...

Introduction

My wife and I live in NYC – but we’re Midwesterners at heart. My wife is from Milwaukee and I’m from Columbus but over the past 10 years, we’ve lived in Chicago, Washington DC, Atlanta, and Miami...