Calling on the Pro's. What are the top 5 criteras you use when choosing a market to flip houses in?

I just finished up my first eviction and thought I would share my experience. This took place in Connecticut.Background: I bought this property about 1.5 years ago and inherited the tenants. A boyfriend, girlfriend, a...

Good morning - posting this as I'm sure many of you are experiencing this -
-Great tenant in Philadelphia - in home since 2015 - 100% payment with no gaps in 5 years, home in great shape, rent $1,000 month.
-Rent du...

Hello everyone and thank you in advance for all your answers. This site has been very helpful.I am planning to buy my first investment property out-of-state. I am currently looking at single-family homes in the Dallas...

Do you permit tenants' use of candles of attempt to regulate their use? I use a standard lease which has the following clause:"The tenant shall not do, bring or keep anything in the Rented Premises, or permit or suff...

cc: @James Hamling So today is very interesting. Job market is extremely robust that we add 300k jobs than 150k predicted job. In theory this should not be good news because then Fed would have reason to keep the inte...

This came up as a suggested link on a story I was reading, courtesy of the Chicago Tribune and Amy Dickinson:(http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/askamy/ct...)Dear Amy: My husband and I rented our house to friend...

Spending half their income on housing Do you  have any tenants that spend half their income on housing?   What issues has it caused?

Wait until Ethanol costs you in the end.
Worse fuel economy.
Higher prices a products across the board.
Damage to your engine/catalytic converter.
Damage to you small engines.

Ethanol also has a negative energy balan...

My contractor and I have constantly been disagreeing (friendly of course) on the amount of work to complete the project.  My mindset (that has worked well for me so far) is make the house cosmetically attractive as fa...