Sunday evening while finally sitting down to relax and watch a little football, I get a frantic text from one of my tenants, "Call me now please." So, before I could call her, another text comes in, "I really need...

Well, put me in the camp of no longer accepting two year leases.  The problem, as I've learned recently, is that the lease really only binds the landlord.  The tenant can still leave whenever he wants.One of my tenant...

Hi all-I have a rental in New Jersey which I've rented out steady for 3 years now to the same family.  We actually hadn't intended to rent it out, but we had to move quickly and it was faster than selling it.  We have...

We are seeing more and more syndications and funds getting into trouble. And while years will have to pass before we can really understand the nuances of what leads to losses in each deal, and how to parse out what is...

More Landlords are choosing to sell, and I can't blame them.https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/2...

If you were to make $20K on a real estate transaction would you use it to pay down existing debt such as a car loan or credit card debt, reinvest it into another deal, or a combination of both?

What would you do with tenants like these?

My tenants in Athens, GA have paid late every month. They never pay the late fees, and we never chased them for it because it wasn't worth the $50 or so. The last mo...

I sure have a knack for running into some unscrupulous charters in this business. Many of you are familiar with my nightmare documented in the "Occupants from hell" thread. Well, I have yet another story to tell.I hav...

Economic Update
(Monday, October 5, 2020)

The economic collapse sparked by the pandemic is triggering the most unequal recession in modern U.S. history, delivering only a mild setback for those at (or near) the...

Currently in the process of buying my first rental property, a duplex, in Akron, Ohio. Just got the inspection report back today and it looks like the roof is pretty worn and would need to be replaced in the short ter...