When you're hiring a contractor, how do you handle payment. Will they want payment before? If so, it doesn't make much sense to pay until you're sure the work is complete, right?

It makes sense to me to pay half be...

I have a seller willing to seller finance me a condo in Cleveland Ohio. Is there anyway to structure the deal so that I can get the tax advantages . Seller is willing to take $600 monthly payments over a 30 year perio...

So I have a property under contract. Inspection report (and walkthrough of all units) led to discovery of some serious items that need to be addressed. Seller's agent is expecting to renegotiate, but what is the prope...

A few weeks ago I'd received a call from a man informing me that my tenant (his mother) had just passed away unexpectedly. I confirmed this with the local police department as well. The tenant was an older woman who l...

I am looking for help on a sensitive issue. I have a tenant that is not paying in a property for which I did not get all of the licenses. In Philadelphia, if you do not have all of the licenses on a specific property,...

Hello, I'm a new landlord, and would appreciate your input.My current tenant decided to move out. He switched jobs and his commute doubled. However, his still within the metropolitan area, early termination clause doe...

I recently purchased a rental property in Norfolk VA that was advertised as a Duplex with a bonus apartment over the garage.  My son was going to live over the garage while attending college and would be an owner occu...

Three weeks ago I got my very first investment property under contract - a 2 unit semi-detached building in DC. The owners are deceased, so an attorney executing the estate. I plan to occupy one unit during constr...

Hi all, I was just wondering how you guys vet hard money/private money lenders? Hopefully this does not offend anybody here, but alot of private/hard money lenders I've come across really give off a scammy vibe! How c...

This is not intended to be a doom and gloom thread about any potential economic downturn some time in the future, but rather discussion regarding the proper position oneself to benefit resulting from such an event.I w...