I have 8 out of state rentals, which means 8 furnaces to maintain. Every year I pay for an annual furnace tune-up for each one, which costs a fortune. I'm curious to know if other landlords do the same thing, or am I...

Hi all -I am up to nine SFR rental properties and am starting to get maintenance requests from my residents.  Some of them are very minor such as tightening an outlet that has come lose which is a 5 minute fix.  I inh...

This will be my first foray into commercial RE.

Here are numbers:

A major retailer already on a 12yr triple net lease increasing every 5 yrs. Brand new building

Purchase price 2,400,000

Mort...

Anybody else catch that Aon Rent Protect rental insurance has stopped issuing policies? Here is what it says on the home page now.

btw: Does anybody know of any other insurance product that was offering the s...

Hello, I am putting together our annual information for my CPA. This is the first year with an investment property. I use a spreadsheet for my wife's LLC to track her business expenses and income but I'm wondering if ...

I'm trying to refine my deal analysis skill through trial and error and one problem I'm running into that is effecting my profit is when to decide if I'm going to be paying for water, power, and garbage? The real esta...

I own a condo in Novi, MI that I purchased in 2001. I married & moved to take a job in California but wasn't able to sell my condo. My wife & I rent in San Francisco & our annual income in 2012 was $ 207k....

Hello,I hope this isn't a repost, but I was hoping to get clarification on the basis for depreciation when it comes to the replacement property on a 1031 exchange. Would I basically calculate the basis for depreciatio...

All:I'm trying to decide find the right CPA firm?  I'm a newbie, about to buy a MFH (which I already have an attorney for) but would like to set-up a legal entity, do my tax returns, and build a long-term relationship...

When scheduling maintenance or repairs for an occupied unit do you spend time trying to coordinate with the tenant and repair company? Do you let the tenant and the repair company work it out? Or do you schedule the...