Hey everyone!I noticed strange thing on my market. I see some duplexes that people selling with a price by the unit! Not the whole duplex, but  instead they sell Unit 1 - 110k and Unit 2 - 130k etc.Is it legal to sell...

If you don't have money, you can earn it. You can get a new job, get a promotion, and learn a new trade. You can make more money over time. That problem can be solved. What can't be solved is having thin skin.And we'v...

I have an applicant family for one of my rentals. I've been following the 4 criteria. - 3x rent < income- Good references- clean background- No evictionsSo far, the wife passes all criteria.  The husband though has...

Hi there! There is a multi-family nearby that I've had my eye on for a while. It's a SFH with two 1/1 units in the back. It's been on the market for over 228 days. I reached out to the agent with a generous Seller Fin...

Recently over 165 lawsuits were filed in Chicago against small landlords who declined Section 8 tenants. These are being issued by local "nonprofits" who are mass emailing landlords pretending to be section 8 tenants....

I've done a lot of wraps and subtos and highly prefer the seller-finance strategy for a lot of reasons, including offering the opportunity of homeownership to those otherwise rejected by traditional banks. I want to c...

I've found a property I'm interested in which a 'notice of trustee sale' has been issued and is 'scheduled' to be auctioned in a couple months time.It appears to not be completely repossessed by the lender and the own...

My rental has a no-pet policy. Mainly because the septic field of the house was just repaired and its all dirt, an animal can really destroy it fast. Its seriously costly and if its destroyed now I really wouldn't hav...

I have had the thought many times that I should jot down how I got where I am and where I am going so I can look back when I need to and see how far I have come to re-energize me to keep going.  Almost like a journal,...

I'm wondering if it is proper etiquette to contact the listing agent for a property and just make a verbal offer to see if the seller would be interested in my price? I don't want to annoy my own agent by asking her t...