My backgroundI've been investing in SFRs in my local market since the 2009 crash. I started off pretty clueless but ended up with a few successful rental properties. If I got to do it over again, I would have been muc...

Hi, I just leased to a new tenant (six-month lease) and the tenant has moved into the premises this month. Without my knowledge and consent, the tenant brought in a pit bull (or similar breed). I discovered the pet wh...

I was wondering if anyone had any experience or input on REAL?  From my limited research I see that it is an online real estate brokerage with zero monthly costs, and an 85/15 commission split.  I would assume the sup...

I am looking to offer on a multi family property. Currently the owner pays electric for each unit (10 total). Each unit is separately metered and I would like to get them to pay for electric themselves. Looking for ad...

I just signed a petition on We the People site to place travel restrictions on those coming from countries with large Ebola outrbreaks, Petition. Probably shouldn't be linking that, but it is a matter concerning every...

@Ali Boone , @Charles McNelly, and others have talked about lifestyle design, and how it fits into their real estate investing - or should I say, how their real estate investing fits into their lifestyle design. I've ...

So I'm just closing on our first investment property in Atlanta, GA in the next 1-2 weeks. I should have enough cash in the bank left over for putting a deposit on our first live in residential place in California. I'...

Good morning folks! I'm starting a rehab journal to assist those new to rehabs and give them a bird's eye view of the rehab process from A to Z. We've been in business (collectively) for over 20 years so we've learne...

Hi all, I'll try to be brief.My house has been on the market for 5 months with no offers, even with 2 open houses and extensive marketing. It's large, is a 1920's historic home in a very high-demand area, and feedback...

Our architect has done a good job helping us draw up plans to rehab a wing of an 1880 property (including some tear down and re-creating) and suggested working with one of the three contractors he often uses. The cont...