Hi - bought my first rental property in Jan and rented it quickly.  The issue is the lawn.  In the lease it says the tenant will mow the lawn weekly.  I have provided a new lawn mower, but it has been 2 weeks and the ...

So I am a greenback when it comes to investing in real estate. My plan is to take out an equity loan against my personal residence for a low rate @ 30 year fixed rate. I was thinking of taking $40k and purchasing a du...

Hey, all!  I did a gentleman's agreement and he accepted my offer.  I'm going to get a purchase and sale agreement form to him tomorrow.  We agreed to split closing costs, I'd take care of septic inspection, and I'm t...

More tax news out of Washington. The administration announced doubling the size of the IRS over ten years. This reverses the trend during the last administration of reducing IRS staff and scaling back the number of au...

Hey Everybody,
I was listening to podcast #17 with Jeff Brown and he talked about how EIUL's are a really great way for young people to invest in their future.  In a nut shell, with this policy, part of your premium ...

Hello everyone.As a newbie I am a little concerned about investing in a city and state I am unfamiliar with for the following reasons.a) buying in a place I’ve never been tob) not being able to tell what part is good ...

I am sure that this topic has come countless times in the past, but I am hoping that someone can recommend a good bookkeeping method/software for keeping track of less than 5 SFRs.  In my situation, I am investing in ...