I am considering purchasing a duplex in Sioux Falls, SD that does not have separate meters.  Up until this point, from what I understand, the utilities were included in the rent.  That works great if you own the place...

My wife and I just moved to a small mountain town in Colorado and there is a huge demand for vacation property management here. We already have people that want us to manage their property but we are still trying to u...

Hello, my name is Joseph and I am currently serving in the United States Navy, however, I separate soon and was thinking about doing some real-estate dealing with Military Personnel. I've been told it was pretty simpl...

I've run into an interesting situation in trying to buy an REO property and wanted feedback to see if anyone has experienced something similar, knows what happens next, or can offer any kind of guidance on how to land...

Has ANYONE out there actually had a successful experience with tenants who have had an eviction previously?I pre-screen my tenants by saying "Total household income has to be 3x rent, no pets, smokers or evictions."Th...

The deceased was given the house when his parents died, so the deceased inherited the house. Now, that he has passed away. The house has been sitting there boarded up. Nice looking house. I wrote a letter to the decea...

Tenant reported bed bugs even though I've never seen any there and no previous tenant ever complained of bed bugs. They moved in from a hotel...Although I'm going over there today with an inspector, my biggest conce...

I've got two vacancies coming up in the next two months and as of right now I don't have any formal written tenant screening criteria. My price range tends to attract a decent number of tenants with bad histories (cri...

Dateline Seattle. Kshama Sawant,a Seattle City council member, is trying to make it a law that tenants can’t be evicted November through March - our winter months.Has anyone heard of anything like this anywhere else i...

Is this a deal breaker for you? Is it an automatic disqualified? Or, do you take it on a case-by-case basis?Here's some background info on my situation:Renting out a townhouse in a decent, working-class area, some cri...