I self manage 6 SFR. With my first lease I started with a flat $50 fee if rent wasn't paid before the 7th of the month at 9pm. A tenant took advantage of that and now pays at the end of every month but I get an extr...

TL;DR: do I charge them the non refundable pet fee of $400 in their final months rent or take it out of their deposit when they leave? They've been a problem tenant as of late...They rented from me for 3 years (yep, I...

Can someone inform me of the dangers of using a non-licensed contractor for a rehab? I have a contractor who does excellent work, is vet professional, and an excellent communicator, which in my opinion is hard to com...

I am really curious about the Alabama market. In particular, why do renters rent for $800/month in Birmingham or Montgomery when they could get a mortgage for $200/month??Also, why is there no appreciation in those ma...

Hi, my name is Vic and I am a income property owner in California. I have a question regarding liability for a childcare situation that has developed recently on my residential rental property. I have tenants that hav...

I'm new here...Our house is underwater by more than $200k. There's no sign of it being anywhere near what we owe on it, let alone 20% over in order to refinance in 3 years. Yes, this was a 100% financed, 7 year lock...

To begin, I'd like to thank you for your time and interest in the topic of Marijuana and Vacation Rentals. Though a lengthy introduction, I felt it would be best to give everyone a solid base to ask questions and begi...

I am looking for suggestions on how to teach children about investing in real estate. I have an 8 year old that I would like to raise with an investor mentality. I have read the Rich Kid Smart Kid book. We own and man...

Well, they got caught, Barclay, the Bank of England manipulating the interest rate of the London Inner Bank Offer Rate (LIBOR). This is the rate charged for borrowing between banks internationally.

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Hey folks.   I had an emergency repair at one of my buildings (boiler died in winter) that I had to put on my credit cards.  I put a total of $30,000 on my cc for individual furnaces in each of the 8 units. I had a cr...