Fellow landlords, I'm wondering if you all worry about hiring "handyman" type help around your properties?  Do you worry about hiring someone that doesn't carry liability insurance?  In addition to the 4 rental proper...

We've been purchasing a lot of product lately on short contracts to be competitive in the Austin market. A closing we had recently got a bit chippy and the title company the seller selected failed to tell us we neede...

When you're showing your property or interviewing a prospective tenant, do you purposefully wear a certain type of clothing?I've only worn what I had on that day, so sometimes I was working on the property when they c...

One of my loans was taken over servicing by Shellpoint. Since then it's been a pita for the last 6-8 months. Essentially my taxes suddenly weren't being paid and they subsequently lowered my escrow payment. I initiall...

It is with great excitement that I am writing this post. I am going through closing on my first home! It seems like a dream because I have been researching for so long and I never knew when the right property would co...

Last March, at the beginning of the pandemic, one of our tenants didn't pay, and didn't answer our texts.  Finally, she contacted me.  Her husband had left her.  She had no food.  She had no dog food.  She had no mone...

I am new to investing and I am following Brandon's rental cash flow calculator tutorial from bigger pockets.I've analyzed a property but found it to have a negative cash flow. I remember Brandon saying to play with th...

My friend who also invests in another market in Texas suggested that we plant a tree or two in the backyard of our new rental, says it is little cost now for a good return later. Thoughts?

I’m a 21-year active duty military guy who started renting my home after being transferred out-of-state. The home is in Anchorage, Alaska and I live in Atlanta. In 2014, I began doing short term rentals from May-Augus...

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