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I have been thinking through housing, affordability, and the effect on what until the last few years have been dead markets. Any home with a decent commute to a decent market is not affordable.
Over the last few yea...
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Last year I considered gifts, but didn't do it. Yesterday I did, and it was a lot of fun. I took my 18 YO daughter and 4 and 5 YO sons to Costco, then to 14 tenant homes across 3 counties delivering cookies. Hones...
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Hi All,I'm a newbie investor and thus, I'm still learning and wrapping my head around how mortgages and various financing options work. I apologize in advance for this post being long, but I want to be thorough so tha...
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I've got a handful of singe family rental properties that I mostly completely renovated when I bought them, but I am starting to look at what I should be setting aside for capital expenditures and am pretty blown away...
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I have alluded in other threads on BP the past few weeks that we are saying Good Bye to long term tenants we inherited with a property bought two years ago. We served them with a month ago with a notice of terminati...
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The question for you all... would you rather purchase a property that earns you positive cash flow month over month but very low property value appreciation or a property that barely breaks even every month with great...
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I’ve never run into into this situation before i recently closed on a property and turned it over to a property management company. Almost immediately tenants are complaining about several items they want fixed some t...
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Hello All! What a stressful time it is to be a first time home buyer.. But, Maybe my Fiance' and I are overreacting.. We need some well needed advice! Our main goal long term is to have investment properties that cash...
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In the process of closing on 4x SFH homes. C to C+ neighborhood with great cash flow. I have one unit that's unrented and another where the inherited tenant is consistently late and will likely have to move with the n...