Ok, so I understand that everyone's situation, property, location is different and thus I'm stressing that this was just my own personal experience and I'm over it - after only 2 weeks ;-)Beginning of the year I decid...

Hi All -My first flip closed yesterday, mostly cosmetic, and I wanted to share my experience with you guys. This was done in Massachusetts. I'll try to make it concise but it may get a bit lengthy!! I pretty much brok...

Hi all,I own a townhouse in Bellingham, MA that I have rented for the past four years.  Our tenants lease came up at the end of December and we are now under contract to sell at the end of January.  The tenants left t...

Need some advice, please.We have a lot of Hispanic families in my rental neighborhood, but they rarely apply for our units (not sure why, except some Craigslist ads do advertise that they speak Spanish), so I don't ha...

I've had two condenser units on two different houses stolen (one was just the copper) in the last few weeks. It's very frustrating as you know, and always seems to happen when the house is for sale.

I've read through...

Hello all!I've already learned a valuable lesson in investing in small mutlfiamilies - including what happens to the security deposits in the initial offer.We close on a duplex next week and I was under the impression...

Some background before I post - I am a tax guy - started at Ernst & Young in 1993 and have been in the tax business since.  My full time day job is to argue with tax auditors.I have a situation that I'm curious ho...