I have a vacancy coming next month in Baltimore County, Md. and am considering giving section 8 a try. I get the general concept but I couldn't find great information online about how it worked in my area. I'm specifi...

Hello,I recently inherited a house when my Step Dad passed away four months ago.  In case it matters, the property is located in San Luis Obispo County.  He did a Transfer on Death Deed so all we need to do now is com...

I have a unique situation. I closed on an occupied rental property on 30 August 2013. Rent is due on the 1st and is $600. The tenant on the lease has become ill and is currently hospitalized. As a result the tenan...

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I have a two year lease on my house. There were only three people listed on the lease agreement . I have recently found out that the guy living in the house brought his significant other and two small childr...

We have a tenant that we inherited when we bought a property in Hamilton, Ontario. The tenant has been in the unit for 5 years, and is currently month to month. The following issue has arisen with the tenant recently ...

Hello everyone,  I'm interested in building a new construction 4 unit apartment building with at least 3beds and 2baths for each apartment and I will rent them out to section 8 voucher holders.  I'm in Chicago and the...

So there was a thread that was started a number of days back that is actually gaining quite a bit of attraction. Didn’t know how to post the link so I’ll just reference it.  The title is…. What are your real estate in...

I was wondering if I could get some advice from people who know something about finance and investments.I think most people on BP know that if done properly investing in real estate brings better returns then the stoc...

I read that I can hire my children to work at my home base business, which is an LLC. We live in NYC, but our LLC is filed in NC.

Question: If I hire my 11 year old as an employee to do of course reasonable work for...

Friends of mine need to get out of their lease in Chicago.  This is a 1900 sq foot duplex down.  It has 2 bedrooms on the main floor with closets and 2 bedrooms in the basement with no closets.The lease states this ab...