I've given my tenants a direct line to call me in the event of an emergency. For all other issues and concerns, I have an answering service to answer tenants calls. The call is toll free so there's no cost to the tena...

I apologize that this post is going to be long. I have been a landlord since 1996. Self manage. By career I am a Nurse Practitioner and a Reservist. I love my career and don't intent to quit to landlord fulltime. I ha...

Hey everyone, my name is Austin and I've posted on here a couple times but I am in fact still a 22 year old newbie. Now, I found this really enticing deal in Mount Vernon, NY that seems to be a really fun first time p...

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All of the crying that was done, all of the hate speach towards Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush, etc...turns out they were right. Makes you ...

Investment Info:

Single-family residence buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $110,000

Cash invested: $26,000

Hi everyone! Last year I set the goal to purchase my first investment property in t...

If you have a tenant who is paid up on rent, but doesn't pay for other fees (storage, parking, late fees, whatever), how hard do you go after them?  I'm in a situation like this and the property is profitable, and the...

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My roommates and I recently moved to a new house that is managed by a leasing company. One month prior to moving in we made a 100 page document with photos and descriptions of ...

Hello Everyone,I recently had an apartment put up for rent and have been going through the process of looking at potential tenants. I got a lady who came to look at the apartment. She kept on talking about how she lov...

I always wanted to do a "deal diary" and now I have the chance to do one!  This will be my 13th property acquisition and so I'm hoping to make it lucky number 13!A 3-bedroom, 1.5 bathroom 1,054 square foot townhouse c...

I'm trying to figure out where to 1031 exchange my Seattle area properties to in order to ride out the next recession. I don't plan on doing this right now as the economic indicators point to a few more years of upsid...