Hi everyone, my name is Tony Cai, I am from Memphis, TN. I am just starting out in real estate investing. Anyways, I found a REO property in my neighborhood and put an offer in yesterday(6/18/15). I have seen the prop...

any one know how to get rid of raccoons that could possibly nesting in the roof area of a rental?

Hi Everyone, I'm under contract to SELL a property in Port Richey. Unfortunately, when the property was re-roofed in 2018 there was no permit submitted by the PREVIOUS owner. Pasco CO. requires a licensed ROOFING cont...

ok so i know how important this can be. So lets say you follow and you have this huge money stockpile from it over a year is there any point like a per rental number were you just say ok this is enough in reserves i c...

I just got a call and a picture from a tenant that a tree branch fell on the roof, part of the branch is still loosely attached to the main trunk of the tree.The branch itself is the size of a small tree with the diam...

I am looking at a property that is 20 hours from me and is a very low cost to purchase. This low cost allows me to put a 5% down payment which is all I have saved so far, and I can carry the mortgage myself while I pa...

Countless times, I've heard the question asked "How much do I need in reserves?" While the answer tends to vary based on the investors' risk tolerance, I thought I would share my experience. As a background, I live in...

My handy man fell off the second floor roof to the first floor roof. He hurt his leg. It’s been about 8 days he still he a limp (according to him) and he’s losing work.

He says he’s not gonna sue. At least that’s w...

What are the thoughts on shingling over a layer of existing shingles?  The roofers I have used always try to discourage me from doing it, but if your decking is all sound and the existing shingles are still laying pre...

Hello folks,We are in the midst of closing on our first buy-and-hold deal.  In another thread, some of you kindly analyzed the numbers and we're going to get about a 10%-12% cap rate. Official loan documents are being...