I'm working on getting my first property ready for rent in west Cleveland, and I'm wondering how to handle the water bill. I know in some cities it's paid by the tenant but in others it's paid by the landlord. How is ...

Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)

The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...

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Should Investors Wait Out this Crazy Housing Market? I know. I know. I feel your pain. You’re an investor. Investors buy and sell properties. You’re chomping at the bit ...

I have a tenant applicant who had chapter 7 discharged and assessed amount paid 6 months ago.  His app states it was due to problems when owning his own business.  He has a union job for the past two years making well...

Happy New Year Everyone!
I'm wondering how do does one become a legitimate "full-time landlord".What I usually see is that people have a job/position to supplement their real estate investments. But I have come acros...

Quick question . . . . looked at a property listed around $75,000.  The agent we contacted that we have used on other properties (which were over $100,000) is saying that we as buyers would need to pay the difference ...

I am from Oregon, and have been looking to get started with buy and hold investing here. It's been pretty hard finding cash flow properties here, so my wife and I have been discussing the prospect of investing out of ...

Does anyone else have these rental registration programs where the City forces you to pay a yearly fee to register your rental property?

Where they force you to allow a city inspector in every time a tenant moves in....

I've seen a lot of posts about people eager to start an RAL and wanted to share some of the costly lessons I have learned and hopefully you can realize it before embarking on these projects. I've noticed the usual pos...