This year was a big one for my family, but not because we purchased $100 million in assets, but because I haven't learned this much in a year since college. We started the year with a 1031-exchange by selling a former...

I'm a newbie so bear with me :-) I have found 3homes in my target area that are for sale by owner. When I contact the owners for the first time, what questions do I ask to get an idea of how motivated they are?

I don't consider myself a newbie; i have 15 properties and have always bought distressed homes off the MLS. I saw a home that was going to be auctioned on homesearch.com and was cash only "occupied".  I will say i did...

Here is the deal:

2 unit rental property
Purchase price $255,000
Unit 1 rent: $1,400
Unit 2 rent: $1,100
Garage rent: $100

Property is over assessed for taxes $11,700 in annual taxes assessed at $406k (this will be ...

My name is Bryce, and I am a sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I have been reading on entrepreneur skills, and real estate for about a year now. I would love to do it for a living, and I am currently an...

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I use the standard CA rental agreement  - the only change I made was regarding appliances.In my lease it is written that tenant is responsible for maintaining all the appliances. However, if an appliance breaks downs ...

I'm a 40 year old IT specialist with an MBA I don't use for anything and a long standing interest in real estate. I'm currently working on a few deals in Palm Desert, CA, but it looks like I may have gotten it all wro...

So I just saw this post about Section 8 HUD tenants, and this post stated something along the lines of section 8 tenants being more likely to damage properties because they're section 8 low income tenants, and also so...

Hi guys,

I got a house under contract that also came with an unhappy tenant. The tenant's wife was living at the house under a L/O contract, which expired 8 months ago. The couple got a divorce, the wife moved out,...