My Father and Both grand parents were realtors and Landlords.  I grew up immersed in real estate, dinner talk was easements, right of ways, surveys,  evictions, Etc. Etc.  For many years I avoided real estate.  I h...

I am renovating a 40 year old house and the HVAC system and electrical system are the original. Since my background is in Electronics and IT is this something I can tackle myself? I have a $20,000 budget and so far th...

We just closed on a very nice home and are asking a higher rent for it. It's outside of the summer months when this house would typically rent and we have been struggling to find tenants. We have two young men who are...

Economic Update(Monday, May 3, 2021)

Here’s some fun facts. According to University of California Davis’ “Road Ecology Center,” Los Angeles traffic patterns changed dramatically during the pandemic. In March of 2...

Hi guys! I need your help, please. I have a call in 30 minutes with a flooring vendor that installed some LVT (luxury vinyl tile that looks like hardwood but is cheaper) at my rental property.
It’s a completely diff...

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We moved into a new house and are renting out my 1600 sq ft condo in Annapolis. It has to decent sized MBRs. I put in all new appliances, painted it completely, and added faux wood blinds. I also did faux gr...

This flies in the face of everything that we have ever learned about retirement accounts.  So I want to start this by stating that it is stupid for 99% of the people out there to cash out retirement accounts but I wou...

Hello! I just moved into a new market and bought 3 low income doors. 1 Single Family flip in a D neighborhood that is just on the other side of an A neighborhood1 Duplex that is 15 years old in a C area that is coming...

More and more tenants and tenant applicants are quick to perk up and claim "I have a pitbull, it's an emotional support animal" as if they have found some fool proof loophole. Some applicants have as many as 3 pitbull...