How can a newbie do this without hiring estimators each time, and making the process cost prohibitive?

So, like many of you, I recently heard about and read some of the Heroes Act legislation.
It's fantastic that the government is attempting to help everyone, but, honestly, am I the only one that's worried about this...

Short version - if you're water heater doesn't work and you're boiling the water so you have hot water...is there something I can do or buy to make my tenants lives a little easier?

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Hello everyone,
I'm a service member currently stationed overseas. I've been doing my research and have decided to finally start investing in real estate. The plan is to tackle rental property investing, the problem ...

Out of curiosity, how many of you opt to use a property management company, how many of you do it yourself? Whichever answer you select why did you choose it?

Another way to put it is Property Management worth saving...

My tenants moved into my SFR built in 1923 in Pasadena, CA on January 1. In the lease it states they accept the property “as-is”, but so far in the first 10 days they’ve made complaints about:-Hot Water taking too lon...

What are the pros and cons of an Investor working with a Real Estate Agent?  

Hi all!  New to investing and am really excited to get into it.  I’ve been a lurker of BP for years and have never had the guts to do it.  I am living out of NYC and have the opportunity to travel a bit more as I work...

After deciding to get into real estate (after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad, just needed to read the first chapter and I knew what I needed to do) I set up a meeting with a real estate agent/lender to go over investing op...

I've got a handful of singe family rental properties that I mostly completely renovated when I bought them, but I am starting to look at what I should be setting aside for capital expenditures and am pretty blown away...