Has anyone been successful at finishing a basement and turning it into a legal or illegal apartment to rent out as extra income? 

I have a duplex, currently live in one side, and need to make a decision on a window purchase. I received a quote to use regular windows or for an additional $1,150, to use low-e + argon. I am debating spending the...

Attention Landlords and Property Managers

In my neck of the woods, we are having record setting extreme cold temperature that seem to keep lingering on and on. In the past, we are use to having a spike for ...

Hey all,It's winter time and the oil is flowing. This gives me plenty of incentive to find a way to cut some of these heating expenses. Most of the time when the topic of submetering heat is brought up the consensus i...

I purchased an FHA mult family a few months ago. I have not been able to move in due to contractor delays. The building inspector came and recently shut the building down for health/safety reasons by turning off all t...

I have decided that I want to get into real estate investment, I currently net about 160K per year with my wife. I am trying to figure out what the best decision is for us getting started, rent out my current home and...

I recently acquired two duplexes and will be doing a live in reno on one of the units. It's a total gut job and I'm trying to plan everything out. One thing I personally dislike is that the master closet, which is you...

I recently sold a property in Michigan.  The city went out for the final water meter reading to get the final amount due and it turns out that the final bill is about $2K.  The Escrow company held back $400, the city ...

So I got a text from my cleaner that the washer wasn't working. It would go for about 3 minutes then flag an error LO FL. It is a Maytag mid grade front loader. That error is low flow on the water. Luckily I was drivi...

So I have this tenant in my 3 unit complex that I've had a lot of problems with over the last few months. Aside from these issues, she stopped paying rent at the beginning of August. I really want her out of there and...