My situation is this: I own a piece of property in a subdivision that will not allow me to use my own builder. I must chose from a list of 8 approved builders. I found the one I like but was told that they will use a ...

My current property manager has failed us in so many ways over the past couple of years that it's time to move on:1. Two apartments completely trashed within a period of a year.  Both apartments had multiple people li...

Re: Homeowners Insurance on a Real Estate Investment Property from a Lender’s Perspective
I am a private money lender.  Amongst other things I always instruct the insurance agent that the property will be vacant. I...

I want to become a real estate salesperson in Arizona. Should I pursue my goal if I have a misdemeanor assault from college bar fight?It seems that the requirements would preclude me from obtaining a license. Is this ...

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My name is Scott Meehan. Zero background in real estate other than being a homeowner and owning a rental that was never intended to be a rental (read: not cash flowing). Hope to have tha...

I was approached by a seller who has a property he's looking to sell. It's a rental and he's pretty much washed his hands of it from what the renters tell me. He hasn't paid 2009, 2010, or the 2011 taxes and they've b...

I am looking for some books that are more informative, rather than these get rich quick schemes that I'm finding out are 99 percent nonsense anyway. Can anybody give me some recommended reading? I'd like to focus on T...

I was under contract for a property, and the financing fell through due to the property not meeting the lenders requirements and not being sufficient.
The seller is trying to keep the EMD as I have signed and request...

Hello everyone, I have my date pick out to move to Detroit. Should be there by the end of August. I’m moving to invest in real state, but I also want to open a property management business. I been managing my own prop...

Landlord here: I've a new tenant moving in next week and during the walk-through he points out some minor issues on the walls in two of the rooms (previous tenant hung pictures so there's some pin holes and marks on t...