I have a general financial/psychology question. A bit of back ground, I have owned 3 homes and a couple of rental properties. I currently only own my primary residence. It is a 6 acre farm with a brick ranch. We have ...

Hi - Many of the multi-family properties I have been looking at were built in 50s or 60s. Rarely did I see newer properties built after 80s/90s. Do you only buy properties that were built after certain years? I am ...

Hi REIs, I have been trying to understand the strategies on making offers. I would like to know, based on your experiences, what is the range of lowball offers you've made that tend to get accepted when it comes to mo...

Hello Fellow BPers, I'm analyzing deals for BRRRR around DFW using the great BP BRRRR calculator.  First box of entry that has me scratching my head is the "annual property taxes".  If I'm analyzing a deal off of the ...

I have noticed the City of Chicago has changed their policy on legal non-conforming. Previously you could easily get these units legalized and keep them legalized. I have now noticed several cases where we have X numb...

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I have a rental in NJ. I reviewed the NJ eviction regulations and it basically states that I can file an eviction immediately without notice for non-payment of rent.  However, the tenant is supposed to be mov...

I'm a retired apartment manager in California.  I'm a low income senior on disability now, and I live in subsidized senior housing.  I attained the holy grail of a Section 8 voucher last year, which was accepted at th...

         Some of you are incredibly lucky to live in a city that provides a macro-market for investing. What this means is that most of the homes in a particular city, with few exceptions, have similar styles of const...

I'm screening for my first tenants and wondering essentially, must you always process applications in the order they are received? For instance, let's say I have two applications. On paper, both meet my minimum applic...

I’m guessing we’ve all been victims of non arms length short sale pocket listings several times. Yesterday I bid $50k over asking with no response from the listing agent. Same story, different day.

I'm going to hav...