I had this thought as I am house hacking (Syracuse NY) and want to make my unit nice with some upgrades. I am curious on people's thoughts on this topic.Should you or should you not make your apartment that much diffe...

I just finished reading Christine Karpinski's book 'How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner' . The slant of it was that if you manage yourself and use portals like Airbnb, vrbo, etc. you can break even or even get po...

I realize I sound very defeated and that is because I am. I have been investing for seven years and I think I am done. I do complete background checks of criminal, credit, references, income, everything like I shoul...

I was stunned when our family friend told me that she would contribute $100 K in cash towards my purchase of a $250,000 Duplex at Tinley Park, Il. I already made an offer on this Duplex and waiting for the Seller's ba...

Not screening properly.Not running numbers correctly.Not evicting in time.I want your mistakes and your stories behind those mistakes! Please share below.

Hello all. Hope everyone has kept themselves safe. I’m new to the world of real estate investing. I live in Manassas, VA- a pretty western suburb of DC. My issue when trying to run numbers on potential deals is that t...

Hi all:

I've got two rental properties that I'm about to put into LLCs via Land Trusts. I'm pretty confident this will take care of my concerns about homeowner liability and the "due on sale" clause.

My remaining c...

Hello, My wife and I just purchased our first single family to rent and we were wondering if we should by used appliances or new ones?

Ok so a seller called me yesterday basically told me he was about to list with a realtor but had it rented out in mean time. He asked how I got his name i said I am looking to buy houses in your neighborhood and this ...