This is my first property in the Houston area. Does anyone have experience renting to tenants with prior offenses? It was a felony in 2011 aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Any advice would be helpful..... 

Hello, real estate investors!  Today I want to introduce you to my favorite real estate developer and my role model: Sam Chang (The Hotel King of New York).  His story is certainly very inspiring and certainly motivat...

Need some advice.I have a tenant, the person that I bought the multi-family property from, who is being quite the pain.  When I purchased the house the tenant signed a lease converted to month-to-month in June.  Betwe...

Hi All-My tenants just moved out after a year and the apartment reeks of cigarettes smoke. I've been leaving the windows open hoping this will help (it's been about 4 days). Will this smell go away? They were only the...

I have a newbie question and it's about my own place on the ground floor of a three family building I own, built in 1890 in urban Northeast USA.The space has a good sized pantry off a large kitchen.   At the time the ...

I know its case by case but for the sake of of this post, but what added value have some of you add? to increase rent or other factor that increases the bottom line?. And what would you recommend for first the buyer?.

Hi folks, I'm securing a vacant property for the winter, this will be my first time winterizing a property. The gas service has been shut off and the meter removed. I'm now waiting on the city to cut off the water ser...

How does everyone handle cleaning the bedding during turnovers? Does your cleaning service stay at your units  long enough to wash/dry the comforters before making the beds or do you have a second set that can be put ...

Hey all, I have a very high level tax strategy question / hypothetical as a sole proprietor LLC.

Let’s say I own a place worth $100k. After expenses, I net $15k in cash flow at the end of the year.

I then take tha...

curious how many of you have starting billing tenants (either direction, installing separte water meters or sub-metering) for water.  given the worsening drought in the west it seems that the water bill is becoming a ...