How is your MF market price appreciation?I hear a lot of folks claiming their market is on "fire", but nobody ever supports that with data...our local MF market in Columbus, Ohio has appreciated at a year-over average...

Morning, Just wanted to get some opinions on how you all feel about buy & holds in college towns. I view these properties as MF even though they are technically SF. However, when renting to college students you ar...

My business partners and I just created a new property management company here in Cincinnati, Ohio to manage the properties in our portfolio.  I am hoping that current PMs and owners who use PMs can offer some tips on...

I've considered selling some rentals and buying two rentals with the money from each. I did that with one rental earlier this year. But with the market likely having only a few years to go before another correction, t...

That Atlanta market peaked on July 2007 and bottomed in March of 2012. We have since made a complete "V" shaped recovery since March 2012. At this significant bottom, and retail real estate were trading at 1996 pri...

Blame it on the holidays, consumerism season, or the purchase of my latest rehab project, but I've been thinking a lot about my relationship with spending money. I have this unhealthy relationship with healthy money m...

I was the highest (not winning) bidder on an online auction. Homesearch.com called the next day and said that my bid was "waay off the reserve price", so it must be forwarded to the bank for review. The representat...

I recently came across a small duplex that is FSBO in a ghetto. I've heard about the strong cash flow properties in low income areas can produce but I'm also aware of the downfalls of investing in not so favorable are...

I pay $25/door to install std. Pre-hung doors, $50/door if they are bi-hinge doors. On Friday a new carpentry crew I'm trying hung 11 doors (8 singles and 3 bi-hinge) in 3.5hrs. So he made $100/hr minus $41/hr for his...

HELP!  **I know its long, but please read**
My step brother and I bought a 2 family home in MA, in a great location.  We both work from home, and live in the top unit.  Our tenant is a 61 year old woman, and lives in...