Hi, I have been thinking about making vacation rental stands out from the crowd. We know some of the key search criteria in some areas that you need to have in order to get more bookings, like hot tub or grill.Wonder ...

I have 2 acres in a prime location on a 4 lane highway and was wondering if the highest and best use for cash flow would be to build storage units on it. I don't know if going with a franchise that has a proven system...

Panama is one of the hottest real estate markets in the world! It has been ranked the number one place to retire in the world for the past 6 years by international living. It offers great and cheap medical, high end...

How do you tenant proof your rentals? I was listening to BP show 48 and they gave a few ideas. I listed a few of them they discussed plus some from this post. What else do you do?
Screen tenants thoroughlyUse 5/8 dry...

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I am in the process of negotiating a purchase contract for a house. The verbally agreed upon selling price is 128,000. The seller's brother (a real estate attorney) wrote the contract using standard state f...

Good Afternoon,I have seen a lot of people need a property manager lately and I am thinking about starting my own company to do it. I have managed a property for someone that lived in Connecticut before. I didn't have...

Hi, I'm a brand new investor. My business partner and I bought a small but really nice town home in a great school district in Glen Allen VA (Richmond). We posted it on multiple sites and have shown it to 20 people. W...

I have been given the opportunity to invest in a new RE brokerage. The people that want to start it are top notch, motivated, ethical, honest, and go getters. I don't think I could find someone I would trust more or h...

Against everyone's advice, I decided to do some renovations in San Antonio while living out-of-state in San Francisco. Now that I have some battle scars from this good learning experience, I have some questions
1) As...

hello, I own about 100 units split between 6 buildings within 2 miles of each other. All buildings are at least 50 years old but in decent shape. I'm considering firing my management company and managing them myself, ...