The December 2017 Central Texas Housing Market Report is out from the Austin Board of REALTORS®. It was another record-breaking year for total homes sold, beating 2016 by 2.4%. Home prices increased 5.4% in 2017 in th...

My sister and I just received an email that the calculation of real estate taxes on the sale, completed  this past September, of the house our father left to us, was done incorrectly  and we have to settle it with the...

Hello all, just looking for input on how to address the following situations with a rental application:a. Applicant has indicated previously owned a home with spouse but is currently going through divorce and living w...

Let's cover some market data that I have compiled from a few different sources relating to the Durham NC area. 
Durham in the last few years has started to explode. It used to be a market no one wanted to touch due t...

From Trulia            ,Home listing prices are flat in these 10 markets — is the housing boom finally cooling? In six of the nation’s 100 largest housing markets, the median listing price has remained unchanged or d...

Where can I find a map of new construction permits and new building permits issued for the city of Chicago? I‘ve found a list of permits but it’s almost useless because you’ve got to look up each address for every per...

Short version:How some of you identify deposits of payments made by tenants that pay the same rent amount and do not necessarily indicate their names or unit number in the bank deposit slip?Long version:We currently h...

I found what I think might be a good deal (it's a duplex in TN), but when I asked my agent to contact the other agent with questions, she sent back a seller's disclosure form that indicates there's a sinkhole on the p...

Has anyone bought a 3 flat + coach house in Chicago recently?  I'm interested in one where the 3flat is in pretty good condition but the coach house is a mess and needs a complete gut. It's an REO. My potential lender...

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Because of the area I live in (Los angeles) I'll have to look elsewhere to do the type of investing I want to do. The benefit of looking outside my own area is that I can research various markets and pick a stron...