I think I'm a little unsure about the best way to show a unit to prospective tenants. Do you have a rental application process with credit checks and criminal? Do you take reserve deposits or do you just have them sig...

Hello all,
I spent my summer in Medellin, Colombia. At this very moment, I am hanging out in sunny Guayaquil, Ecuador. I have a passion for Latin American culture and love to speak Spanish and visit Central / South A...

I have a tenant that has frankly lost it. Like the title says she has threatened to kill me on two occasions. One is a voicemail that I still have. She texts me at all hours of the night and calls at all hours of the ...

I have approx 20k in the stock market and am just starting out in RE investing. Historically, the stock market can give a 7% return per year. I think a cash on cash return of 10-13% is typical for real estate investor...

I've located a multiplex in my area but I'm not sure where to locate the information needed when investing in multi-family units. For example, is the selling agent going to have the information necessary to figure out...

Hi all BP friends!I have been a small RE investor for the last 5 years or so, and I finally have come by my first rough ride with a tenant who I inherited with the purchase of my last triplex in Sellersville, PA. I wo...

Lately I've been contemplating a cash out refi on my primary residence (because of the 5% rates); I was reading some old forum posts on refinancing and thought about this:

Why would someone cash out refinance in or...

I'm looking at a duplex right now in Tacoma WA, the central Tacoma/Hilltop area that is two units both 4 beds 1.5 baths, both units about 1,125sqft. It's listed right now at $239,000 and four months ago was $289,000. ...

I attended a REIA meeting in the area I'm looking to invest in and one landlord stated "any vacant house in this area will have it's copper piping stolen. Groups mark their territory by leaving a brick in the middle ...

I have the opportunity to purchase THREE 2b/1bth homes that are on one lot in Fresno, CA for a purchase price of 215,000 which comes out to $104 per square foot. All three are currently rented out for a combined total...