We had someone come to Birmingham from Miami over the weekend to check on five houses that he bought for ‘clients’. Here’s a snapshot of the situation: He’s owned these properties somewhere around a yearHe’s never se...

What would you do? We have an artist community here and I've had a new tenant (white) and her boyfriend (black) sign a lease last Friday. This is in a historic black neighborhood - it's important, you'll see. They gav...

My awful tenants in Hawaii have had a last-minute drama. Over the past 4 months they have incurred numerous HOA violations, the police breaking up fights about 2-3 times a week, flooding of my kitchen causing $6,000 o...

It was a year ago that I closed on my first flip. The night before I closed, I almost walked out on a $4,900 deposit because I got scared. Thankfully, my step father was good enough to walk through with me and ca...

One of the neighboring tenants filed a complaint whereas one tenant added a blow up pool in the backyard and he cannot sometimes cannot access the back unit with his truck. Out lease doesn't mention blow-up pools, so ...

I'd like to get some opinions on debt. I'm 23 and have 6 figures on school loans, which don't bother me a bit, matter of fact I refinanced  them from 12 to 20 years to free up cash for REI  (cutting my interest in hal...

This question was inspired by the discussion entitled "Caught Tenant Smoking Weed" started by @Faisal Farnas. As marijuana becomes legal in more U.S. states, many landlords and homeowners will find themselves facing t...

“Conservative underwriting is dead.”
Rob Beardsley brings up a great point. It’s extremely difficult to be an active real estate investor in this market if you are using extremely conservative underwriting technique...

Hi,I am a new investor and actively looking for deals.  I have researched some of the HML's and didnt' really like to percentage of "skin in the game" that is required upfront.  So, I decided to go the PML route.  I a...

Hello, ***I want to acknowledge ahead of time that I did not screen well enough and that I made a HUGE mistake in my tenant selection***I finished my FIRST EVER rehab in a pretty solid Milwaukee area probably B-/C+, a...