My wife and I have one current rental, cash flowing with equity. We have tossed around the idea of moving, to temporarily (1-2 years) rent out our primary residence. The idea would be can we buy a duplex and house hac...

I'm very curious about using rental income to help my DTI. My current situation is, my wife and I gross $9,400 a month combined. FICO scores are 740+ for both of us. We have a mortgage on our primary. Our DTI is about...

For the first time I have a tenant who is getting a dog while under lease. Tenant had a dog previously (dog died a few months ago) so I know I can trust them with a dog. We have already said no puppies and our HOA lim...

Happy Friday everyone. It's a beautiful day to discover the difference between get qualified and approved.

The first step to acquiring your first investment property is to understand how much you can afford for sa...

I have a friend that wants to invest with me (using a private money contract).  He wants to give me the money now but I don’t want to take it into my personal account. Do I set up an escrow account, another bank accou...

I am a newbie landlord and am renting out my first property. Had a showing yesterday and the lady noticed a loose cabinet door in the kitchen and stainon a small portion of the ceiling. She wanted to make sure that sh...

Hi Real estate savvies,I am closing one rental house in Redford, MI, Dec. 2016 and trying to find out the best home insurance and tenant insurance. I mean economically because it is really dollar game to maximize my p...

I have 2 properties in the ISU area (Illinois state) in normal. I have had them for about 10 years and have had the same tenants in them. One of the tenants is falling behind in rent so i will be evicting them. There ...

Here’s my potential frugal plan to drastically reduce my housing costs in Bay Area. On Thursday begins Plan A, I’m gonna ask for a raise at my current W2 full-time software engineering job, and plan B, if that raise g...

Hi,  I am screening for new tenants,  Most of the enquires are with Pets.   should I allow Pets ( 1Dog & 1 Cat) in my Rental Property? (potential tenant live across the street, with one small dog and one Cat).I a...