I am looking at a 5 plex that is for sale. It has one unit that is livable the other 4 need to be gutted. Currently 2 units downstairs have no windows in the bedrooms. (These are 2 bed 1 bath units). So my thought is ...

On Saturday, 6/29, in the late afternoon, for the second time within two weeks, the sewer trap was backing up....thank God for leak sensors.  Contacted sewer company with whom I have a contract /insurance again.  The ...

There is a home that I am interested in- neighborhood could not be better. The lot is great and the house well..... that would be a 100k remodel for sure. You could definitely make that work but here is the deal. The ...

How's it going everyone?!? I'm a full time math teacher, part time everything else but recently really have the desire to focus on rental properties for a possible career change. Middle school math is fun and you real...

I am in the process of fixing up a guest house in my back yard.  There is a good chance I won't be able to rent it until early next year.  Will I be able to write off the materials I used to fix it up this year on my ...

I own a small apartment community in Georgia. I am considering giving one of the units to a maintenance person in exchange for rent. I want to give them a "rental agreement" like a weekly rental facility, rooming hous...

I'm having a hard time deciding which financing option I should pursue for my first property. My plan for the first property is to buy something inhabitable that could be rehabbed and/or updated. It would be my pla...

I have an FHA on my house that I live in and I wanted to know if I can rent out 2 of my rooms. I haven't seen any definite answers on Google. I know you can rent out a unit if you have a duplex but I have a single fam...

I bought a house within 60 seconds walk to a surfing beach in Esterillos Oeste, about 20 miles south of Jaco, Costa Rica.I've rehabbed the house with the goal of renting it via Airbnb through my property manager, who ...

Hey all you people with large pockets.  I have some questions (actually my girlfriend asked it) about FHA and owner-occupied loans when 2 names are on the deed/mortgage.  Let's assume this is a duplex where one unit i...