In commercial real estate, a loss to lease refers to a unit being rented for below market value. For example, if there is an apartment community renting two bedrooms for $1,000 per month yet a tenant who has been ther...

To start, I have great tenant that have lived in the house since Jun 2015. They always talk about how they love the place and don't want to leave. They have never been late on rent and treat the home as their own. The...

I have a beautiful, nicely upgraded 3 BR 2 BA condo in Palm Springs. It is in a gated community, has a 2 car garage, very private with only a shared garage wall. There are 3 pools, tennis courts and it is a beautiful ...

In the portland metro area, like most areas now, are low cap rates, near 4.5%. Mathematically it doesn't make sense to invest, however I am comfortable in this market and I know it very well. I'd be nervous dumping se...

I have a single family home, currently housing two adults on a month to month lease. Since the house was originally seen by the tenants on Airbnb, we ended up doing a formal lease and off of the Airbnb platform, due t...

I currently owner occupy a 2 unit.  With winter being here, I plan to insulate the water lines. The question is do I go ahead and insulate the tenants lines on "my" dime, or ask would they want their lines done and pa...

I have a house I plan on rehabbing and the roof color doesn't go well with the rest of the house.  The asphalt shingles are in good shape, so rather than replacing, I have been researching painting them.  There's a va...

I have a 3 family that I am gut rehabbing and be 3 luxury condos.  I am considering radiant flooring in the bathrooms.   The cost is about 8,000 for 7 bathrooms.  Is this a good idea? Also if Yes should I do the kitch...

I'm still tracking to forecast how the IoT will benefit landlords. Some newer thinking suggests a world of interconnected sensors will transition us away from viewing of our rentals as products and more towards housin...

      Today our Wardley Real Estate sales office in Las Vegas was visited by Lennar Homes, and their spokesperson had interesting news. In the year to come Lennar homes plans to build and sell what they call "The Conn...