I saw a vacant junker in a poor area surrounded by other junker homes. Should I contact the owner anyway even though the area is poor?

Came across this article the other day showing a landlord that lost thousands of dollars because some squatter occupied his vacant rental property:http://whotv.com/2015/07/14/landlord-loses-thousands-of-dollars-to-get...

How do you handle a guest who leaves the house a mess, smokes in the house and leaves the evidence when we have a clear rule of no smoking and enters a locked owners closet and takes items. We need one more 5 star rev...

Let me first say that I am a student/fan of Robert Kiyosaki. I own all of the videos/audio books/games he's made. Aparently the "No Money Down" days are over for hard money lenders. I was told the other day that my fi...

Let me first say that I am a student/fan of Robert Kiyosaki. I own all of the videos/audio books/games he's made. Aparently the "No Money Down" days are over for hard money lenders. I was told the other day that my fi...

I have a 4 plex ready to go. Two units are year round, two are mid term. I have been having a heck of a time finding insurance. My insurance agent tried Allstate but they said all units need to be occupied before they...

I see variations of this question posted weekly on this forum.  The question, itself, is a fallacy, because it is asking a general question about a general area.  It's like asking "is this a good time to invest in the...

Trying to get a sense of what a 'good' closing ratio is on advertising leads / walk-ins / etc. to lease signings. I am a little concerned with one of my properties as the closing rate (yes, we track it all) is only ab...

Am I too harsh? I never rent to tenants with any past landlord issues even if they claim it is not their fault. For example, I've had a few tenants apply on Trulia/Zillow stating that they are looking to move because ...

Good Morning! I am analyzing my first deal and either it's a really terrible deal (it isn't, at least not to the extent the calculator shows where my expenses increase and my equity decreases over time) or I am not us...