Our minimum qualifications for our 4-bedroom rental home lists, among other things, "Applicant must exhibit a responsible financial life. Credit score must be a minimum of 600." Three adults submitted applications to ...

My wife and I are looking to put our RE holdings on an "active" business footing, form an LCC (or one per held property?) and file taxes as a business rather than filing a form E. We have several reasons for doing...

I want to start 2 weekly REI meetups in the Spokane area for investors and people related to the REI industry (realtors, bankers, contractors, property managers, etc). I'm happy to organize both an evening group (netw...

I received my first application for a renter. They seem eager to rent, filled out the application on the spot and turned in application fee. From the application, they are partners. One person seems like they have ...

UsaToday had an article the other day on social changes in our country.
The % of babies born to single moms has risen about 1% per year each of the last 5 years. It now stands at over 45% of babies born. My guess...

I was thinking about flipping a seller carry back note. I am new to the notes and real estate business and wanted to know how that would work tax wise. I understand that if I were to flip a house I would be subjected ...

Hi everyone, So I have debating which entity makes the most sense for starting a real estate investment company in mass. I was deciding between an LLC or an S-Corp and then a business minded co-worker of mine mentione...

I wanted to see how people are marketing their spec homes outside of the MLS and signage.  I have been using traditional open houses, brokers opens, newspaper adds, etc.  I am just starting to use Twitter, Facebook, Y...

I had a "single" mother apply for one of my properties. According to social media, she is engaged to a guy and, as of 3 weeks ago, the relationship is in good standing.She never mentioned this guy to me and said she i...

Hi everyone!  I am a realtor, and I want to start lead generating by sending out personal messages on Instagram and Facebook to investors, offering my services for free.  I got this idea from Gary Vaynerchuk, and want...