Being a landlord or real estate investor is tough. Not everyone is going to see things the same way you do. Things like evictions or rent increases are very sensitive subjects. Many people in our society want to vilif...

The mortgage on my personal residence was just sold by GMAC to Ocwen. I'm pretty nervous because there's tons of horror stories on the web about Ocwen (saying the payment wasn't sent in when it was, and many other mis...

Illinois is enacting a statewide minimum wage of $15 per hour by 2025. Have any experienced landlords had this happen in their state or city and what have been the effect on rents? Drastic increases or gradual incr...

Hello Everyone,
I was at a local real estate investor group meeting last night, and I was told something that I could not believe at first. I was told that amortizations are never good, especially for 30-year mortgag...

Hello,I'm a new member of the forum, and I do have an issue with my HOA that I'd like to discuss. In this situation, I'm a homeowner, and I currently owe several years of HOA dues to the association. For various reaso...

I purchased a SFH for my primary residence about 3 years ago via short sale. Purchase price was 133K, I put down 20% with a 2.99%APR on a 15 year loan. I owe around 90k on it currently and it's worth roughly 180k. We ...

Hi,I came into contact with an Atlanta rehab/investor named Andy on BP in Feb or Mar of this year (2014). He had a house for sale in Altanta that needed some major rehab work (about $15k). The house was not in a great...

Here's my dilemma.  I took out $200k from one of my properties and have to use it to generate more income.  I've gotten some feedback and opinions from others.  Just wanted to post it here to see what some of the prof...

After many of the Ashcroft capital syndications paused distributions, I get this surprise email this morning saying all LP investors need to pay additional 19.7% of invested capital call  anyone have experience with c...