BP, I am hesitant to purchase an investment property without HVAC. Not really keen on buying one that has or needs window units. Should this concern me or should I overlook this preference and focus on the numbers/cas...

I have a tenant in a single family home that has been there for a while. He has notified me that he is getting married next month and his wife has a child with special needs. The child requires a machine to breathe, w...

I rent a condo in WA state. When we rented the condo just recently, we asked the landlord to make some upgrades in the master bathroom (its a 2 bed 2 bath condo) and we offered to split the cost 50/50 (he was reluctan...

I know of some Phoenix-based investors that submit short sale offers and place people in the house to "guard" it while the bank is goofing around with the offer. They collect "rent" and pay nothing on the mortgage fo...

I have agreed with a seller on an offer price for a triplex which will be my first REI. According to the seller's agent, the first tenant has lived there for 16 years, second tenant 6 years and third tenant 6 months. ...

Hello everyone. I am getting back into RE investing and took the first big steps at the end of 2016. I’m curious about my tax strategy for the 2016 tax return in progress and also interested in a referral to a very ...

First things first... Happy New Year everyone!  I hope your 2015 is off to a good start.  I have a hypothetical scenario for you to ponder.  Let's say you are looking at purchasing a performing note, but after doing t...

Just wanted to introduce myself as well as ask a few generalized questions, so here we go.As a network engineer by trade, I'm fed-up with the day-to-day 9-to-5 churn all while not truly enjoying the life in the proces...

I m purchasing a home in Massachusetts and my offer just got accepted for my first multi-family. The home was built prior to 1978 and it is a two-family side-by-side. Currently, there are tenants at will and both unit...

I am currently in flight school at Fort Rucker, AL. I have roughly 6-8 months left. When I finish here my girlfriend and I will be moving to Texas. I am trying to decide whether I should buy something in Texas now wit...