Many syndicators/sponsors are offering a "waterfall" payout arrangement to their investors, whereby the investor first gets a "preferred return "of 8%, and then 75% of any cash flow left over after the preferred retur...

'BCS Championship' game coming up - both teams are undefeated! Who do you like in the big game. Colt McCoy and the Texas Long Horns or Heisman Trophy winner, Mark Ingram, and the Alabama Crimson Tide? Vegas has Ala...

One of my best tenants, a tile setter who works with builders finishing interiors of new builds, has run into a lot of bad luck. He had several surgeries resulting from a previous condition and could not work for week...

This is in Missouri.  One of my tenants stopped paying rent in October.  He then called me in mid-November and said he had moved back home with his parents, and he would no longer need to rent the unit.  His lease run...

Hello everyone! I consider myself a “starting out” real estate investor. I have 3 rental properties, have done a couple profitable flips, and also manage my grandfathers rental properties... just a little background. ...

I am going out on a limb here, and stating emphatically that NO LANDLORD should EVER pay for their Tenants Water Usage. Do you agree?

Here are my reasons:

1.) Personal Accountability: They use it, T...

Seems like everyone I talk to tells me to just get my first deal and everything will fall into place. I have 5k to invest but I don’t know what marketing tools I should invest in and how do I go about knowing if my ma...

If I own a duplex by myself, a 4 family with a partner, and a 12 unit syndication with 3 other people... 
Do I own 18 doors?  
Do I own 7 doors (2 + 2 + 3)? 
Obviously ownership isn't split up this simply or evenly...

Hello all,

I am interested in the topic of asset protection via an LLC. I am also interested in all of the tax benefits/advantages associated with claiming business expenses, so…. forming an LLC for a rental ...