I am located in Oregon, first time landlord. Our open house is tomorrow and someone has already mentioned they have Section 8 vouchers. My understanding is that it is an opt-in program? But that conflicts with the fac...

TENANTS FROM HELL #2Tubs & Showers from hell.Running one of the largest rental portfolios in the Cleveland, Ohio area I have managed 1,000's of properties & dealt with countless tenants. In short, I have seen ...

I thought I would touch on a different topic as a way to see how everyone has started off the year. One month is down and did you start off the year with a bang?

I was gearing up for a great 2012 until Fannie Mae w...

I own a "B+"  SFR in a HCOL university town with vacancy rates under 3%.  I've owned this unit for the last 2.5 years and have had three turnovers since (first tenant broke lease after 5 months due to job loss and the...

Hello all!So, I've been in this landlord game quite some time now, and my second largest business expense is mildew abatement.Let me explain.Most of my properties are in Monterey County, where we get a lot of humidity...

More tax news out of Washington. The administration announced doubling the size of the IRS over ten years. This reverses the trend during the last administration of reducing IRS staff and scaling back the number of au...

There is a property that I have been watching for the last six months.

Starting at 219K, it lowered it's price 209K, 199K, 189K, 179K, 169K, 159K in between it went under contract twice, then came back on the...

Hi, I have a tenant renting for the last two years. For 1 year they paid rent on time or say before time, but for the last 1 year they are struggling hard in paying rent, always late, I have been very nice so far,neve...

I have a small residential portfolio which I have enjoyed and would like to continue to grow. Commercial investing has always interested me, although I have heard its a much different animal. I have a residential lice...