Last year we tried something new. In early December, we sent both our tenants (we only had two units at the time) a Christmas card saying thank you and enclosing a $50 gift card. We did it mainly to say thank-you t...

In Part I of this post I identified four U.S. markets which I believe to be ripe for commercial real estate investment: Atlanta, Austin, Denver and Durham.2018 Best Commercial Real Estate Markets to Invest In: Part IP...

How does one finally decide on a hard money lender? I posted earlier in the intro section about this when I made my first post, but perhaps it was the wrong section for my intro/inquiry:I’ve been researching HML for m...

Our tenants left without giving prior notice and did not pay for last months rent. I have 1 month deposit so it will cover that. There was no Lease termination doc signed or anything. What should be my next step as fa...

I'm thinking of buying US real estate as an overseas investor. How important is it for me to be able to easily visit my target market? I can get a direct flight to major metropolitan areas, but it would be much more d...

I have tenants asking me to subsidize their electricity bill bc it more than doubled in the month of May-June.....this is the story.  Please provide input.About two weeks ago their AC unit broke.  I immediately had a ...

I received this text this morning from one of my tenants..."Good Morning, Mike! We have been seeing a TON of spiders and bugs in the house, and were wondering if it would be possible to get it sprayed. Please let me k...

Many Landlords have no idea how to get rid of a tenant, whether it's for non-payment of rent or for lease violations. This is even more obvious as the eviction moratorium stretches to almost a year now.Share your best...

Hi I really need some feedback on this. I was looking to buy some out-of-state rental properties and got introduced to this agent in August when I did a field trip. Since then he has been sending me some off market pr...

This is my first experience with this, and to be honest, I'm panicking.  A former tenant that just vacated a property I own is suing for multiple items and a large amount of money.  Mostly on items they're claiming we...