Just bought a new rental but the previous owner smoked a pack a day.  The whole place smells like cigarette smoke.  Painted the whole place but didn't even change the smell.  The carpeting is only about one year old a...

Hey guys, I have a question regarding sect 8 vs free market tenants. Do you find that sect 8 tenants are a better choice for lower end properties? It seems that sect 8 tenants will be more likely to stay longer than...

Welcome to my weekly article, which I dub 'A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate,' coming at you live from Nashville, TN. Every week I write a brief, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets,...

Hi all,My family owns a commercial space in a building in California. Their lease is coming to an end in September and we're not going to renew it nor are we going to allow the tenants to sell the business. It's a liq...

Hi there! I manage my books currently, but since we bought a new property and I have a full time job, it seems like a lot to keep up with the books. Do you recommend a CPA to handle all things on the books, or should ...

My question for anyone that escape the 9-5 rat race is. What real estate strategy did you use?  Example if you had between $20,000-$70,000 to invest in real estate.  How would you use that to replace your income of  $...

Hopefully, this post can serve as a helpful cautionary tale to anyone considering a tenant who appeared to be OK at the outset, and one the landlord did their due diligence on, but ultimately has become a pain in the ...

I have waited two years to post about this. Well, make that 2 years and 2 months but who's counting. About two years ago I had sent out some mailers that proved to be very successful. I know we had a couple of deals o...