I was wondering, when analyzing a potential property to purchase, what % of rents do you account for to be vacancy, capital expenditures, property management, and repairs? I am starting to practice analyzing deals and...

Our insurance guy is telling us that we should have a requirement in our lease that the renter have renter’s insurance for $500k liability. He said most policies are at $300k, but it’s only an extra $10/yr to bump up...

Hello Everyone,I'm interested in purchasing my first investment property in Chicago next year.  Trying to gather some thoughts/opinions on the market and maybe some specific neighborhoods to research further.I'm curre...

My wife and I are currently shopping around for our first property. We are trying to find a triplex so we can live in one unit and rent out the others. I'm definitely taking advantage of all the knowledge that I can g...

Morning everyone!
I haven't posted in a few days so I figured I'd jump in here and get a discussion started. I have a goal to post at least once a week to get to know you guys as well as make sure I'm consistently le...

I just got back from a showing where the prospective tenant didn't show. It was scheduled for 7pm and I called about 5 after and of course it went to voicemail.

I'm just looking for tips from experienced lan...

Hello. everyone.

I am here to offer some painting tips today.
I will periodically add to this topic as I do work myself and learn the ins and outs of
revitalizing property.

So this week I had to paint the interior ...

I am considering not renewing any leases as they expire. I feel one of the main benefits to a month to month tenancy is being able to adjust rents if a property has continuing issues that cost more cash out of pocket....

I'm looking to see if we could compile a list of the top 5 mistakes made by landlords. I'll throw out a few and hopefully we can come to some kind of consensus.

Note - to all who participate,...

So I signed up with a property manager on my NC property. I'm paying 10% for their services. Last month my tenant was late 13 days on his payment. I just assumed that the late fee collected was going to be paid to me ...