Done deal! I am sharing my experience here with the rest of the community. After over a year of tenacious searches, analyses, and offers, yesterday August 1st 2017 turned out to be the closing day on my 1st owner occu...

I am in the process of buying a  HUD home, and the title company informed me that the house I am buying never had the Final inspection closed on the swimming pool and it has been expired for 20 years.  The house was b...

Last night I agreed to meet with a contractor for an estimate on kitchen and bathroom renovations and he came drunk out of his mind. Although my driveway is steep and winding, I had given him an advance on bringing a ...

A question to experienced hosts with urban locations: how do you fine tune your pricing and what occupancy do you target? I’ve been targeting 100% occupancy and I get close (93%) but I realize it’s probably not the be...

I suppose the bottom line in renting to family is whether or not I trust them. If a family member owes me money now and keeps on coming up with a reason why they can't pay, what makes me think they will pay rent on ti...

Hey guys, I'm a new investor in the Portland, OR area. I'm looking to do long term buy and holds, as well as perhaps looking at mobile home parks. I have a business partner who recently asked what I thought about a ti...

I'm owner occupied in a duplex. My tenants that live below me in a large 3bd/1ba unit have been there for almost 3 years now. I rent the unit for $700. I've never raised their rents. When I purchased the property, I t...

Hi,I have my first property in NC that I have fixed up as a rental.  I spent a lot of time selectinga tenant and thought I had everything ready to roll.  Collected Oct rent, and a security deposit.  Just 5 days after ...

One of my tenants complained that wild animals (raccoons maybe) mess with his trash and that he tried everything and it didn't work. What should I do? Hire somebody to trap them?

It must be expensive and as long as t...

My tenants, a nice young couple, want to get a dog. They've been a year in the apartment and everything is fine so far. They say that they both were raised with the dogs and are experienced. I have no experience with ...