Hello,I purchased a vacant old nursing home that is in a low income area of the Dallas / Fort Worth area.  The place has 30+ Rooms and is over 15,000 square feet. I was going to convert this 1950's building to an assi...

This is in a property I just bought and I was aware of the problem and have a few ideas how to fix it, but would appreciate your input. This mold is in a bathroom with no windows so the vent is supposed to turn on a...

Need help. This is what the contract says—
UTILITIES: Landlord shall not pay for any of the utilities and services and will be the responsibility of the tenant.
Temperatures this past winter caused the pipes to bur...

Selling Homes in the World of Real Estate: Introduction

In order to revive the nearly unprofitable real estate market it is important that more and more homes are staged. This is a simple concept that ens...

As a kid I spent a lot of time in my Grandfather's real estate office on Center Street in Provo, UT.  Part of that may have been the old time Coke machine that offered chilled bottles of Fanta Red Cream Soda, and a t....

Through experience, does anyone have any ‘secrets’ or ‘tricks of the trade’ they are willing to share with making offers to Freddie Mac (HomeSteps)?

I am particularly interested in the amount of earnest money (good f...

We often treat tenants as though they are the problem or the biggest headache and many times they are but in the end of the day they are the landlord/managers customer....your property is your product and your custome...

I have a prospective tenant who is moving to our area to work as an air traffic controller. He seems very responsible, but he has a pit bull. The dog seems very friendly but I am afraid to be opening myself up to li...

What did you all do before you started investing? What jobs did you have so you could raise the funds for a downpayment and such. I am 15, i want to own rental properties and am wondering what i could do to raise the ...