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The single-family home rental business is less profitable this year compared to last year across most of the country with yields decreasing due to increases in cost of living. That is why it is more important than eve...
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Five years ago I began my journey as a real estate investor. Since then I have also branched out into other assets such as angel investing, note investing, and fund investing. In comparing common "real estate dogma"...
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BPers!I'm closing on a 4 plex in a C neighborhood. Two of the tenants have fairly maintained their units but the other two have trashed theirs (hoarders). Both of these tenants have been in the units for 20-30 years...
We have tenants that moved in October of last year, 3 months ago. We are new homeowners, and new parents. We bought the duplex that we have been living in for the past five years, and we are living in one side of it...
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Good afternoon!I have been reading books/forums and have attended some local Investment info. groups near me, I know that investing in rental properties (owner occupied to start with an FHA loan most likely) is what I...
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I'm hoping to get some insight from others in the community who have experience with private lenders. Has anyone worked with Allen Capital LLC (based out of Dallas, TX)? I've recently started to look into possibly us...
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I'm a market data guy. Let's do a little (possibly insightful) exercise here.... what counties do you consider a bellweather for market conditions? That is, the county that is most likely to be the "canary in the co...
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Hey all fellow landlords "in the trenches" with me in the Detroit area:In the five years my tenant has been at my rental property, most of the time he has been $300-$600 behind in the water bill. It's his responsibil...
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Hello BPeeps. There is a company in my area that's run by a couple of guys who offer a year long "paid mentorship" on house flipping. I'm a realtor and have done the equivalent of a flip but on 2 different houses a...
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I'm leaving in rented apartment in Fairfax County, Virginia. My apartment manager gave me notice to evacuate apartment. I visited rental office to discuss the extension of lease term but she upfront rejected extension...