Economic Update
(Monday, May 31, 2021)
The one place that's rip-roaring in our economy is the housing market. In fact, home prices are accelerating, as the Case-Shiller 20-City Index shows. Year-on-year gains rose ...

In the Tenant Screening: Ultimate Guide it's recommended that the tenants income is at least 3X the rent. Those of you who follow that rule and rent to Sec. 8, how do you handle the income to rent ratio seeing as t...

My fantastic Japanese tenant moved out last week. Today my agent put up a for rent sign. Second call was from a neighbor/busybody who said hoa had decided to enforce a ban on rentals. The ban had been part of the...

I am preparing my primary residence to become a rental within the next year.  This weekend I discovered that my water heater is leaking.  After searching online it seems that the Rheem at HD for $404 would be a good o...

Im new here :)My husband is actuve duty. We bought a house a few months ago with the idea of renting out later. There is a possibility of PCS which I would love to and maybe buy another house in another state (a year ...

I have an interest in a piece of land that is coming up for auction at tax sale next week, and I am wanting to cover all the bases.

I checked with the city and county departments and it seems there are no restriction...

Hi Everyone,

I am committed to getting into the rental investment game and I am starting to grow my down payment funds for my first 1 or 2 properties.

I am on track to have $20,000 by April and $40,000 15 month...

I am exploring some options for one of my properties that I've had as a rental for almost 9 years (owned it since 2002). There is about $200k of equity in the house and approximately 10 years left on the loan. It has ...

Hey everyone, I am a newbie to real-estate investing, but I have been learning every bit of info about it as I can since I got started. I recently watched a bigger pockets podcast where they talked about getting into ...

Watch out Boston short-term rental owners!  Boston 25 News had a report this morning about a UMass study on Boston rentals. http://www.fox25boston.com/video?videoId=682572778...The study (to which they did not provide...