I’m new to this site and am already learning a lot. Is there an industry standard markup on materials by contractors? When do I know it’s worth my time to shop for, purchase and pick up materials myself vs having the ...

Hello,Kind of an odd question. I have a dilemma where my current property manager may retire in ~5years. I mean that's still awhile but I am the type of person that likes to think many years ahead. I recently graduate...

My wife and I have been thinking (preliminary) about investing in a vacation property. We like the idea of a condo b/c it's low maintance and we won't be spending a lot of time there.

My wife is thinking about Holly...

Here's something I haven't seen anybody bring up yet. Does anybody rent out a house with a swimming pool? I found a house for sale in San Diego with a pool and it got me thinking. Do you pay a pool "boy" to maintain i...

I currently live on the north west end of Connecticut. I've been searching for my first buy for a couple months now most of the places that I've been looking at are foreclosed single families and multi families that a...

Hello all,My parents are willing to give me a big lot in San Antonio, TX. I would like to build a duplex (I'll attach the link below to the plans I'm looking at) so that I could move tenants in there. Do you think it'...

1st time tagged by the copper thieves ( I assume there are more then 1 person).  My biz partner notice back door key was missing last week, but with people come in and out sometimes that happen. The house was 99% do...

I recently won an auction for a house. (Judicial tax sale so we couldn't go in before to check out the inside.) I paid $29,000 for a small house on a 1/3 of an acre lot in a great area. The houses on either side ar...