Here's my intro everyone. I am a 35 yr old public school music teacher.  I've been teaching for 10 years and had what I would consider to be extremely limited exposure and experience to real estate investing. My wife ...

Hey all, had a question that's been nagging me and wanted to get some thoughts.I'd like to hear how investors increase monthly rents (residential) to their tenants. Do you have a percentage increase every year built i...

I’m writing less about investing and more to get your thoughts about how to get over not making an offer five years ago on what turned out to be a great property.Story: I’m not an investor, but I accidentally became a...

Does everyone offer ceiling fans in their properties?Being in Florida I offer a ceiling fan in every room.As I turn over a property the first time I would verify every breaker every circuit and pretty much open all th...

One of my rental units never had rats. I used to live in the unit before I rented it out to the current tenant who has been living in the unit for little over an year.While vetting this tenant I found this tenant work...

When following up with a seller a common limiting belief is that you don't want to be a pest to the seller.Did you know 80% of sales happens between the 5-12th contact?If you're looking to convince someone to sell the...

Tenant is 4 months behind on rent and has stayed beyond Notice of Non-Renewal of Lease
Tenant was served a NON-RENEWAL OF LEASE 3 months ago, followed by a certified mail 14-DAY PAY OR VACATE NOTICE, which prompted t...

Bought an out of state property a year ago, 2400 sqft duplex. Inherited the existing tenants. Here was my proforma assuming everything went to plan (which it didn't!)

One tenant stopped paying in May, the other rac...

I know it's easier to have a title company do the leg work doing research, but how can an investor throughly perform the same task?
Do title companies have preferred access to information the average investors don't h...

Can a tenant allow access of a detached garage to others ?I manage a 10 apartment complex in Buena Park CA where the garages are in a different areas. One of my tenants is on section 8. The father of her daughter came...