I get calls from sellers that I can convert to short sale leads but I don't want to work short sales. Monica Breckenridge mentioned in another thread that title companies negotiate short sales. Both Chicago and Fide...

Long story short.Bought house, needed work, hired contractor with an agreement on price for work. Started work in first of November and told it would be end of the month before it was done. Now we are in the middle of...

Facts as per CAR attorneys:
1. FICO impacts are the same on SS and foreclosures
2. Banks will seldom if ever relinquish their right to recover on deficiencies
3. There will likely be tax consequences with SS and th...

Along with creating an LLC entity and creating a "Certificate of Organization", you need to have an "Operating Agreement".Attached below is a redacted copy.  Virtually anything can be written in to this agreement.  Wh...

I am considering partnering with a contractor on a rehab and need some ideas on how to protect my investment in the property. The contractor used a hard money loan to acquire the property and would like for me to ...

My father passed away last October. He left his house to me, my brother and sister, equally. We decided to put it on the market, since co-renting it would be a hassle.

I've considered buying out my brother and sister...

I live in Atlanta where they can put a lien on your property for the water bill. However, I didn't think I would be responsible if the account was in the tenant's name. Tenant left and never notified me. I just found ...

I don't have much experience with tenant screening but I came across something today that I can't figure out.I pulled a credit report from TransUnion / SmartMove on a potential tenant.  They recommend that I accept th...

Recent tenant eviction, although they are rare in my world, they do occur once in a while, this one was like no other one before, tenants of (3) years, stopped paying the rent, we had to evict the tenant, the tenant m...

My father died 2 years ago and left everything to my wonderful step mother. My step mother has made it very clear that the balance of her estate is to be divided 3 ways between my sister, my sisters daughter/my niece,...