Hi--any general thoughts out there on small mixed use properties?  A few apartments and a small retail space type of mixed use property?  I'm wondering if they are worth the extra cost of a commercial loan (and extra ...

Hi Everyone - I just wanted to share what I learned. At Rentwell Property Management we just launched petscreening.com (which is amazing). Using their service we just launched a new guarantee where we will cover pet d...

Hi everyone, I like a lot of people signed up a few months ago but never posted a new member post. My name is Dustin Bowling and I'm a local Sheriff Deputy in Covington Indiana and for the last 10 years I have been...

My husband has been in real estate for quite some time, but I decided to join the bandwagon. I am trying to do this all alone so that I can learn better. I have properties I would like to buy in Kokomo, Indiana. I nee...

I know there are a variety of screening practices used by landlords and property management companies. Personally, I follow this standard for every application I receive:
- Income of at least 3 times the monthly rent...

I like watching a lot of youtube videos on real estate, the markets, etc. Some forecasters are claiming we will have a meltdown similar to '08. I do not agree. In '08 we did not have the same type of market. We had in...

We're lucky enough to start our own crews on getting a consistent job level to be able to hire our own team. The problem now is that managing these people appears to be impossible without some type of supervision. We'...

Hey guys! I'm a recent graduate from the Chicago area with a bachelor's degree in architecture. I'm not sold on the idea of trading my time for money until the day I die, so I'm pursuing buy and hold rentals as a mean...

My husband and I are looking into our first investment property. We are based in North Dallas area.  Initially we were thinking on a duplex in Lubbock area since DFW is such a competitive market right now (we won’t be...

Hello,   I'm 47 and I'm almost 2 years into my REI journey - which was initially funded thru savings.  My goal is to use REI for passive income for retirement.  I currently own 5 properties; all but one are cashflowin...