I just secured my first house hack! I am currently in the process of deciding what property management software to use. As of right now i am deciding whether or not to use RentRedi but I noticed that RentPrep has a mo...

I am managing our first property by myself for the first time.  I am doing it "by the book" - Brandon Turner's book.   Rent is $1500/month for this SFH.  I have two applicants (single mom and a couple) who seemed grea...

Went to pick up the rent and there was a little basket with my name on it on top of the rent check. Inside was some homemade fudge, How cool!This makes me think of my Father. My Parents bought their 4plex in '66, whic...

Hi all, I'm a newbie to real estate and have been looking to get a buy-and-hold property around the greater Seattle area since beginning of this year with no luck, and I was hoping to get some advice ...What I am look...

Hi everyone,I am in the final year of my bachelor degree and would like to choose a real estate topic for my final thesis. I was wondering if anyone had ideas of research questions that would be helpful/relevant for p...

Hi guys! Been a bit since I posted here. I've been working very hard to start a REI business and it is happening! (We'll see the success rates later, but feet in the right direction is a good thing)!I have had a few p...

My wife and I are looking at purchasing our first rental. We have an area 30 minutes away where homes are very inexpensive. Not the best area, but the numbers work out to a 17% ROI. Does anyone have experience renting...

We're almost done on a beautiful renovation of a duplex located in a great area in Little Havana, Miami. The main house is almost 3000SqFt, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths (2 masters), living room, dining room, office, laundry ro...

Hello, everyoneJust a newbie who's been afraid to do this because I just didn't know where to start or how to start. I'm ready now to gain the knowledge to make the leap into the pool of successful real estate invest...

Up until last year I had a rental property in NJ.  Yearly return was about $9000 after property taxes, mtg interest and maintenance fees- property worth about 270k.  Thats about 3.6 percent pretax return.  I took the ...