I am a buy and hold investor in upper class neighborhoods in the centrally valley area of California (lemoore, hanford, Fresno and Visalia). The perfect house came up 3 car garages, 4 bedrooms, 2100 square feet, ne...

Anyone have any strategies as to how to deal with cats living under the house?  I identified the opening but before closing it up would want to get all the cats out of there.

Must a landlord perform background/credit checks on prospective tenants? I use the standard Texas Apartment Association application and on there it does ask about their background but I'm sure many people lie abou...

Just to prove that there is no "normal" day at the office when you deal with tenants, I had an interesting case today.So a high profile crime ocurred some months back in the neighborhood of one of my rentals. Its been...

Has anyone else watched this limited series? "Roommate Wanted" is a two-part series about Jamison Bachman and how he became a roommate and then wreaked havoc on people's lives. This should be mandatory watching for an...

I have a question about "disclosures". In order to sell a home, next to a neighbor with a "WORKING" outhouse (Seriously, her house was built more of a cabin WAAAY Back when ....). Well, next door lady has never insta...

Is anyone buying notes (mortgages)?

Just came across a late night call with one of my tenants. His family has been living there over a year and I would consider them good tenants. They warned me before that the front tenants dogs (pitbulls) are sometime...