Our plan starting out was to do MTRs exclusively for all the reasons everyone does. The problem is consistently finding tenants. FurnishedFinder gave us exactly one tenant for <30 days and it was a mess (collecting...

Hello,  New investor looking at senior housing market to invest via Senior Living Fund, LLC.  Any chance someone here has invested with them and thoughts?  Thanks, Greg

My wife and I are currently looking into investing in Detroit and have secured the pre-approval letter. Upon looking for a home to invest in, we noticed the seller only allows us to see the property if an offer is mad...

I recently sold a SFH where the buyer had an inspection contingency and the buy requested 3 issues be corrected. We had corrected two of the issues but it took my realtor a long time to get a quote for the third item...

I need to talk to and hire a contractor as I'm preparing to convert my condo in Chicago into a rental.  Most of the things on my list are small wear and tear items that have come up from living in the unit for 11years...

I'm just curious what everyone is doing with snow removal. Is there a certain depth of snowfall that you wait for to pay/DIY snow removal or do you do it regardless?  For example half an inch in Chicago like 20% of p...

Scenes From The Las Vegas Housing Meltdown
Posted by John Carney, May 06, 2008, 7:49am
Despite what your crazy uncle or Warren Buffett says about housing prices, the residential real estate market in many areas of the...

I am shopping around for loans, and recently checked my 3 Fico scores.

I was alarmed to see that my 3 scores were 698, 709 and 752.

I take great pride in paying everything on time, and having a good ...

I wanted to get your thoughts, idea's and strategies involving investment properties built prior to 1978.  The lead based paint laws are tightening in Maryland... Do you avoid pre 1978 properties for long term buy, ho...